Halloween, Alaska

Yeah so Halloween was two days ago but I only started listening to this band today. Give me a break! Halloween, Alaska is a Minneapolis group of upstarts who like their Halloween bigger than Texas. Uhh that was dumb. Anyway, they make chill-out rock that occasionally gets up and turns on the AC, chilling even more. They do a really good job of mixing electronics and regular old organic rock. Their new album Too Tall to Hide was released in the UK on Monday (how fitting) and is getting pretty good reviews. On it they even cover LL Cool J's "I Can't Live Without My Radio." You can tell they really want to get out into the media and it won't be long before they are. Synths soar a la Brandon Flowers, and lead singer James Diers croons a la Bono or even Ben Gibbard (Postal Service stuff) on some tracks. Pretty good stuff.

All the Arms Around You
Drowned

Kevin over at So Much Silence has got that LL Cool J cover. Props to him for pointing out the band.