A Smile and A Ribbon: The Boy I Wish I Never Met

Hot on the heels of Warm Morning's Silver Rain, comes A Smile and A Ribbon's ridiculously excellent The Boy I Wish I Never Met LP; the second Shelflife release since their joyous rebirth earlier this year. I've mentioned A Smile and A Ribbon here before and after hearing the new album, I think I can safely say they're one of my favorite new bands of this year. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is as cute, concise, and charming as indiepop pop can get, blending the beautiful sounds of 50s and 60s girl groups with the carefree naivete of 90s twee. The record's title track "The Boy I Wish I Never Met" is one of the best pop songs of the year, I think. Check it out. If you like it, I'd highly suggest picking up the record. It's a CD/7" combo and Shelflife only pressed 300 of them so they'll probably go fast!

[MP3]: A Smile and A Ribbon :: The Boy I Wish I Never Met (Highly Rec'd!)

Buy The Boy I Wish I Never Met CD/7" from Shelflife
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"Hey la, hey la, my bunny's back"

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Warm Morning

Warm Morning's Silver Rain 7"

The recent release Warm Morning's Silver Rain 7"+CD marked the return of the wonderful Shelflife Records, who've got even more things planned for the rest of 2007. Warm Morning are two brothers from Italy playing mostly acoustic pop songs completely befitted of their name. I may have used befitted incorrectly there, but the point is the songs are warm and relaxing, not too unlike the Kings of Convenience, and the often mentioned Lotus Eaters, whom I've actually never heard. I'm really liking "Behind The Curtain". Have a listen.

[MP3]: Warm Morning :: Behind The Curtain

The 7" is quite pretty, with a wraparound label and colorful artwork by Jill Bliss. The CD's got five tracks and the 7" has two. It's $15 for both, which is a pretty sweet deal. Buy it here. Shelflife's also planned an A Smile And A Ribbon release for this year, but no exact news as of yet; hopefully we'll see it soon!

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