A Modest Construct

The “Upgraded to FLAC 1.1.4″ edition

1. Sondre Lerche • Things You Call Fate
2. Six Organs of Admittance • This Hand
3. Tristania • Lethean River
4. Sparta • Without a Word
5. Do Make Say Think • Le’espalace
6. Stars of the Lid • Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage
7. Änglagård • Ifrån Klarhet Till Klarhet
8. Leaves • Should Have Seen it All
9. Don Caballero • Palm Trees in the Fecking Bahamas
10. Katatonia • Journey Through Pressure

Funny semi-related story: My junior year of high school, I played “Lethean River” for my cringing English class (which was nothing compared to playing Opeth’s “April Ethereal” for my sophomore English class). Mark, if you happen to be reading this: I believe you tried at the time to convince me that Eddie Vedder also growled, and I am still miffed that we never continued that debate the following Monday.

Streams of argentine across eyelids are drawn:

• The Smedley Log (”Back 2 Good” is a really great song, perhaps my favorite from the album, but it always makes me kind of sad for some reason)
• Winter Spring Summer (Equally baffled by some of the entries on this list)
• Freakapotimus (Remember with a mix of fondness and horror the days when I listened to Korn)
• Faux Real, Tho (Seeing “Did I Step On Your Trumpet” performed live was interesting, to say the least)
• The Sam and Beckyboo Show (Reminds me of Bleu’s “Searching for the Satellites”)