^ I owe you so much for rec'ing that album to me. Holy Wow. I wanted to get into Waits after seeing him in a movie, oddly enough, and that was certainly a great place to start. Wow. Seriously. Wow.
Now, onto something different.
I've mentioned songs by these guys in the 'Songs you are Obsessed with' thread more than a few times, but really the whole album is gorgeously beautiful. Ethereal indie rock, led by the honey-dripped vocals of Dan Nigro, As Tall As Lions perform songs that range from heavenly beauty to passionate love. Seamlessly transferring from floating in the clouds with your eyes closed to facing a storm in a wind tunnel, songs like "Song for Luna," "Stab City," "Milk and Honey," and "Be Here Now" are mindblowingly soothing. "Love, Love, Love (Love, Love)" "A Break, A Pause" and "I'm Kicking Myself" put you on a boat in the middle of the ocean and let the calm waves and salt air take you away.
This is one of the most gorgeous albums I have ever heard. Comforting and emphatic, well-crafted, musically unique, lyrically powerful, this album took a long time to sneak up on me, but it has burrowed into my mind and heart and won't get out.