Woodsman -- "Insects"

While on my morning (1:00 PM) adventure around the blogosphere I stumbled on a band that really smacked my inner ear with a sound and timbre that I haven't heard in a quite some time. As many of you could assume by the musical selections on the blog, Mike and I are massive My Morning Jacket fans. Unfortunately, it has been too long since their last record and I am starting to get antsy without any new material coming out. However, Woodsman's Rare Forms and the lead track, "Insects," has really stepped up in the last week in terms of filling the hole in my iTunes library for MMJ loveliness. Woodsman, a Colorado-based band, could be MMJ's more rootsy and more experimental younger step brother. I say step because I don't want people listening to the album and saying, "well, that was weird... that didn't sound like MMJ." Rare Forms is certainly an "experimental" record, but the MMJ similarities are without a doubt there. Woodsman's Rare Forms is, to me at least, a record I could have heard MMJ putting out 7 to 8 years ago had they taken a slightly different direction with their music. I don't even know why I defending this comparison. Me comparing a band to MMJ is like saying they shit gold. Also, big ups to I Guess I'm Floating for the mp3 and band suggestion. Good stuff!

Woodsman -- "Insects"

-- Greg