The Tiny

The Tiny have seem to have a new album coming out and you should be paying attention. I honestly just got into their last release from hearing the new song they've posted on myspace. But the difference between the two is astounding.

Their new song is simply amazing. I don't think I've been caught off guard by simple, stark emotion like this since seeing Karen O breaking down in her music video (a complete jolt to the then 16 year old me). The first time I listened to The Tiny's song it really dampened my mood. Even the breaths between sentences sound distressed. On the last chorus you can hear her voice strain, that threat of breaking pitch, and it just completely flattens you. You know that feeling when you're going really fast (car, bike, running) and you suddenly wreck? There's that first moment when every thing slides back into place and you're just left sitting there, taking it all in. Wait 'till you're 2/3 of the way through the song and you'll see what I mean.

I don't think any of their songs off Starring; Someone Like You had quite the punch power as this song. But that's excusable when compared to this song. Hell, if emo kids got a hold of this song they would bring back the practice of putting soot on your face when mourning (were the people who did this the equivalent of emo kids in Jesus' day?).

Are there still emo kids (I'll just assume it's still cool to make fun of them)? Or did they all just grow up into hipsters?



As usual, I'm completely off topic.

The Tiny - Dirty Frames

(you can listen to the song I talked about on their myspace)