The only truly good thing about breaking up is the music. Whatever pain and heartbreak you may endure, at least there is an inordinate number of sad, down-on-yr-luck, fuckitall songs out there to comfort you in your misery. And if you're like me, you spend a substantial amount of time wallowing in it before moving on. What better way to wallow and embrace the pain than to throw on some lonely sad bastard shit and wile the night away?Vancouver, BC's The Organ recently provide yours truly with a fitting soundtrack. The debut album from this female five-piece, Grab That Gun (Mint Records 2004, and Too Pure 2006), borrows heavily from early 80's post-punk and new wave. It's full of energy yet overwhelmingly dark and melancholy. With pronounced basslines, minor key melodies, melodramatic vocals which remind me most often of something like a cross between Morrissey and Debbie Harry, and--yes--a Hammond organ, their sound definitely isn't anything amazing or new. I don't really care, though; I guess it scratches an itch. Those of us who have not yet grown completely tired of this unending 80's revival will find something to like here. There are plenty of hooks, and the vocals add a little something to usually male-dominated post-punk stuff. But mostly it's the feeling.
The song here is included on the album but is a slightly different (and slightly superior) version. I dunno--I've listened to it so many times it no longer makes any sense. How appropriate.
The Organ: "A Sudden Death" [MP3]
