It’s Election Day. If you haven’t voted yet, please try and make some time in your schedule to go do so; it’s your civic duty…and it’s kinda cool. At least feeling like you have some semblance of efficacy, that your voice can make a difference. In other words, if you still haven’t cast your ballot, today is not the day to let prospects of being a couch potato tempt you.
What we will jump on is the new single from Austin quartet Futon Blonde. Unlike every other futon that loses its firmness over a few years, Futon Blonde is still in great shape after a full decade together and not folding anytime soon. As a matter of fact, off their March five-track Multiplier, last Friday Futon Blonde dug a fresh one out of the cushions to announce their next EP Monsoon.
Between last night’s downpour and a day that might end up being the eye of a sociopolitical storm, we feel like the announcement for Monsoon couldn’t have come at a better time. Moment of kairos aside, Monsoon seems like a fitting title based on the heavier, darker (dare we say more exotic and Eastern-inspired) twisting rock sound that Futon Blonde explores on the record’s lead single “Drawing Again”. So if you feel imprisoned, like nothing you do makes a difference, or like you’ve just been dealt a shit hand recently, consider taking that frustration straight to the polls. And if you’ve already done so? Well…guess we’ll just have to ante up in anticipation of the Monsoon on the horizon.