This is my first post of 2009. It's been a bit since my last post, but when I heard about this album I had to check it out, and when I listened to it, I had to write about it. So my first post of the new year is actually about something that came out... last year. This album I'm talking about is by an artist named She & Him. That may not mean much to you, but it contains indie artist M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel (Elf, Yes Man). I did some researching to learn that Zooey has been writing songs her whole life, and after meeting M. Ward on the set of The Go-Getter and doing a duet with him, he heard some of her demos and lo and behold She & Him was born. They released their first record, Volume 1, in March 2008. Zooey's sweet soprano voice is complemented wonderfully by M. Ward's instrumentation. I recommend reading the article on them in Paste magazine to learn more about the group. My personal opinion of this record is that it's fun, relaxing, bubble-gum, and folky. To me this is a great album to listen to relaxing outside in the summer time but I can just as easy listen to it any other season of the year. As many actors and actresses have attempted the movies to music switch, most fail honestly, but Zooey succeeds so well. A very 60's sound at times yet still so much their own. The recording of the record has an old school\indie tone to it that truly suits the music they've created for it. They are a great duo and needless to say I was very excited to hear that they are already working on the next record, Volume 2. Keep an eye out for it and definitely pick up Volume 1.
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