‘Kill 'em With Kindness.' 

‘Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you.' 

Garble, Garble

I like crescendos. I guess it's the build up that does it, right? That is its purpose. The lead-in groove, the prelude...queue areas - all designed for the same function: build anticipation. Take our first song, a remix by Electric Fitness. The opening 'tinman heartbeat' swells until ultimately it gives way to a more playful melody of childlike clanging. It's the clamber that evokes our well-wishing Nostradmus - What could be over that peak? What landscapes await?

Either way, it's a nice effect for a sleepy sunday. 

I confess I watch a good amount of useless Reality Tv. But it’s that odd niche of Reality programming that exists between the Cooking Channel & the History Channel. I am talking about ‘Swamp People’, ‘Storage Wars’, ‘American Pickers’ and so on. I like to think of this as the ‘Main Street’ Reality Tv, while the extravagant lifestyles of The ‘Real’ Housewives & Kardashians’ are reserved under the ominous eponym – ‘Wall Street’ Reality Tv.

And I do believe the "Main Street vs Wall Street" dichotomy exists even in Tv programming. But what does it say when I watch Swamp People with an air of romanticism? No, I don’t imagine killing a ‘gator to be neither: A- something I’d be particularly adept at; nor B – a singular, artful act of hunting. However sprinting down the rivers of Louisiana, carving out the paths of the once-was is enough for me.

Today we are going to do things a bit differently. Its natural really. There comes a time when the old just doesn't cut the fat anymore and so things get changed up. See over the past few months Pants Dance has been growing; and with this growing audience, we happily opened our doors to more music submissions. Of course we have gotten the inevitable "I'm-a-misunderstood-industrial-drone-musician-who-just-yearns-to-be-recognized-for-the-genius-that-Trent-Rezor-Is" submission, and boy-o those are interesting. Yet much of the music we are sent is enjoyable - even if it doesn't fit into our PantsDance world.

Sometimes though we get a submission that is simply spot on. Take for example Nomadic Firs. We first posted them on November 13th with the Occupy-inspired "I'm A 99". Its a velvet merry-go-round that could have easily fallen into a niche cliche (much like that) - but it doesn't. Its cyclical nature - loop over loop, chant over chant - draws you in, tightly wrapping you in the heart of this socio-politico movement. If you haven't listened to it yet - stop being a jerk and check it out!  

'Vines' continues the Baby Dayliner (a personal favorite) style of quirky-yet-addictive electronic, over hip-hop drums. And that voice - that midas voice is like butter melting on a warm homemade biscuit.  Simply Amazing. So much so that we decided to post the video (a first!) along with our usual mini-mix. Please take a moment out of your sleepy daze to watch the infallibly cute video directed by Jacob Boyd - and don't forget to download the Sundaze mini-mix.

As always - Enjoy!

Sleepy Sundaze: 2012 Issue #2

Nomadic Firs :: Vines

Arrange :: Sun Showers

Lucy Schwartz :: Domino

Islands :: This Is Not A Song

Sharon Van Etten :: Serpents

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"To live is the rarest thing in the world"

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The Bird Day  ::  Lovers  ::  Braids  ::  Twin Sister  ::  Trailer Trash Tracys 

I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in

but to live in it, be it good or bad.

Blackbird Blackbird :: Tear

Nomadic Firs :: I'm A 99

James Vincent Mc Morrow :: Higher Love

Ezra Furman & The Harpoons :: Mysterious Power

Savoir Adore :: Dreamers

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Blackbird Blackbird :: Normadic Firs :: James Vincent Mc Morrow :: Ezra Furman & The Harpoons :: Savior Adore