May 27th, 2009
First Impressions: Think About Life - Family
Hot damn! This is just what the groove doctor ordered. Family, the latest album from Montreal’s Think About LIfe, is simply fantastic. It’s a wonderfully layered, upbeat and candy-coated work of sheer exuberance that makes you forget your dog is dead.
Frenetic, soulful, and infused with an ability to make you move, listening to Family is pretty much the most fun I can remember having in a while. Hell, if Graham Van Pelt wanted to leave Miracle Fortress behind for good in favour of doing Think About Life fulltime it wouldn’t bother me at all (and I like Miracle Fortress, so that’s saying something). Suffice to say that I’ve been pumping this album pretty consistently since the moment I first popped it in the ol’ CD player and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
The highest accolade I can levy on Family is that it’s the sort of incredibly enjoyable album that makes me giddy to share it—to force it on everyone I know. I want to throw a party just to watch people have a good time and ask what it is they’re dancing to, or buy a car so I can be that douche-bag blaring his tunes at stop lights and gas stations. Don’t make me go that far. Do us all a favour and just go get it yourselves.
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Hear more at the Think About Life’s Myspace page or grab a digital copy of Family from Zunior.
May 28th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
The new album really is amazing. They played here (in Ottawa) Saturday night and despite a less than stellar turnout the show was a great big awesome sweaty mess.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I’ve been loving this album for several weeks now, and I agree with every word you said. I’ve been trying to push it on everyone I know. Prior to finding the album I had been putting together “The Ultimate Summer Jam Mixtape”. When I found this, I threw that out the window and haven’t gone back.