If you're enjoying The Changes Today is Tonight as much as me, you'll be happy to hear that they have a new EP of old tunes. Florida is available via my preferred choice iTunes and it is only available digitally.
Tracklist:
1. If I Tried 2. Not Too Serious 3. No One Needs To Know 4. Why Did You Wait So Long? 5. 1984 6. You Want It
Evidently Chicago's Baby Teeth is the headliner for the upcoming Changes show at the M-Shop in Ames. I'd prefer to see The Changes do a longer set, but it sounds like Baby Teeth could put on a pretty good show too. Sample tracks here or download below. Get ready to get Queeny.
MP3: Baby Teeth - The Simp
MP3: Baby Teeth - Looking for a Road
The Changes have announced new tour dates, including a stop next month in Ames!
3.20.07 - Pianos - New York, NYThe Changes album Today is Tonight is quickly growing to be one of my favorites of this past year. Quite good.
3.21.07 - Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY
3.22.07 - Northstar - Philadelphia, PA
3.23.07 - Lizard Lounge - Lancaster, PA
3.24.07 - Recher Theatre - Baltimore, MD
3.26.07 - Casbah at Tremont - Charlotte, NC
3.27.07 - Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC
3.28.07 - Front Street Music Hall - Wilmington, NC
3.29.07 - Village Tavern - Charleston, SC
3.31.07 - Alchemize - Cincinnati, OH
4.5.07 - M-Shop - Ames, IA
4.6.07 - Mojo's - Columbia, MO
4.7.07 - Canopy Club - Urbana, IL
A new love to share: The Changes. Their debut full-length Today is Tonight was released in the last quarter of 2006, but I just picked it up last night. After listening to the first half, I'm glad I did. It's lush and a bit sugary at times, but the hooks are right on and there's enough power to keep it from going mush. I can't help but hear a bit of Lightning Seeds and early Crowded House in it, but it doesn't succumb fully to that retro love. It's a well-balanced mix of that sound with more modern tweaks that made The Postal Service's debut so refreshing. This is a great CD so far and I can't wait to spend much more time with it.
Naturally, this personal discovery comes just three days after a performance in Iowa City. Sigh. They'll be back.
Oh, and another bonus: they're from Chicago. Gotta love my hometown music scene (Material Issue anyone?).
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MP3: The Changes - When I Wake (scroll down, via)
UPDATE: The second half lost me a bit, although there are some good tunes on it. The song Twilight, though, is a near atrocity with its disco-lite sound. Blech. Upon repeated listens, The Changes are beginning to remind me of Tahiti 80, Phoenix, and at times The Ocean Blue and Riverside. That's a compliment.
