You’ve introduced me to the moment, but I’m looking to stay for good.

There was a time in high school where I listened to a band called “Mae” exclusively for like two months.  They had an album just fresh on the market called “Destination Beautiful“, and it really spoke to me in a way my other music at the time didn’t.  Mae was, in part, responsible for my transition from bands like P.O.D. and Skillet into bands like Copeland and Bleach.  An obvious gift from God.

 

However as I matured musically, Mae seemed to decline.  I remember the intro of their second album, as a cheesy voice said “Welcome to the Everglow by Mae”, and I was like, “What? Really?”.  I did later come to love the album, although not nearly as much as Destination Beautiful.  Mae had that romantic indie emoesque thing down with Destination Beautiful, and The Everglow was just a little to poppy and fake for me to fall in love with.  Earlier this year I bought their most recent album, Singularity.  I’ve listened to it once through.  It’s just not good.  But many times a month I will find myself reclining and listening again to “Giving It Away” or “All Deliberate Speed” from the first album, and letting myself drift back into my love affair with Mae.  It’s heart-warming for me.

 

All this leads up to me saying that my room mate Phil’s sister, Brooke Waggoner, is going on tour with them this winter.  I’m really excited.  Her music will blow Mae’s out of the water, but for her this is still amazing publicity because somehow Mae has remained really popular!  The closest show to us will be in Arizona as of now, but we’re pushing the tour managers for a show in Fort Collins.  That would be neat.

I Got Along Just Fine Till You Came.

My room mate’s sister Brooke Waggoner, whom I always talk about, is a featured free download on iTunes right now.  Phil and I just stumbled upon it  when we were browsing iTunes and buying Blind Pilot, which is a great band by the way.  So yea, do yourself a favor and download this free song, the song is amazing like the rest of the album!  I would say that even if I wasn’t best friends with her brother.

So I just wanted to point out a couple things real quick.

Sean is now using the same theme I’ve been using for weeks on his blog.  Probably just because it looks so good and artsy.  Girls would be mad at their friends for copying them, but I’m actually a little honored.  Schweet.

 

Second thing is that his head line is a quote from a song by Brooke Waggoner, my room mate Phil’s older sister.  Her music is incredible and I listen to it all the time.  Her amazingly unique EP is free to download, and her full-length comes out very soon.  So check it out and let it take you to a really cool, really happy place.