the uncluded

It has been awhile since I felt like posting anything on my blog.  Things have been going on and life is moving forward, but nothing has really inspired me to write for a long time.  I think drawing my comic over at mini dove comics has been consuming my life for the past few years.  I guess that's just life.  Luckily that doesn't stay that way forever.  Sometimes you find something that is so awesome you have to talk about it.  That something is a new CD I got from the library this week.  I was looking at all the different CDs and trying to find something cool to listen too.  This can be tough for me I listen to a ton of different music right now.  Although nothing has been inspiring.  Lately new music has been sounding the same as my old music.  I've been trying out old bands I never really got around to listening too.

You could call me a bad person, I judge a CD by it's cover (that goes for books too).  I was looking at the "Urban" section at my library when I saw a weird little cover.  It looked like to gnomes hanging out trying to catch things.  I was like this really looks interesting.  It was by a band I'd never heard of, The Uncluded. I figured no harm checking it out from the library, I was so wrong.

After I got home I decide to look the band up on youtube and I found this little song by them called The Aquarium.  In comes the rappers, "Please don't tap on the glass. Please don't tap on the glass."  This started with a beat that sound good, better than any other rap song I'd heard in awhile.  It wasn't forced and over powering.  It had a good beat that I made me want to get up and dance.  I was in love with this song.  Plus it was about fish and aquariums.  I love aquariums and looking at fish, as long as I don't have to get into the water with them.  The song was amazing.

Well after watching the video I had to know more about this band and listen to more of the songs.  Good thing youtube had more songs as I started to rip the CD.  Then the most amazing thing happened.  I actually know both people in The Uncluded.  It was Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock!  If you don't know who either of these people are, I'm really sorry for you.  I like both of these artist I already own some of their stuff on vinyl, yes LP's.  If you like hip-hop or folk music this might be the album for you.  I love it already.  I've had it for two days and listened to it ten times all the way through.  I played it a couple of times at work this morning instead of listening to my audio books.

I know this kind of music isn't for everyone, but I'm not sure if that matters.  I have declared the song of summer, The Aquarium.  That's how much I like the song.  This album may be the best thing I've heard in a long time, maybe a year, since I heard JEFF the Brotherhood.  They had the song of the summer last year with Sixpack.  I hope you all check out the great music that is The Uncluded.  I know I'll be enjoying them.  In fact I love this album so much I'm going to buy it to support them.