Now that I've probably grabbed the attention of more of you by putting ''must-read'' in brackets in the title of this thread, I will now tell you about this wonderful band I've discovered:
Ghost Mice!
I figured this would be the most appropriate section for this, as they're most often labelled as
folk-punk. But I'd personally label them much more
folk than
punk, but influences of both genres are clearly there.
What I like so much about this band is their creativity with the album
Europe, in 2006, these guys traveled Europe with almost no money, hitch-hiking and taking trains everywhere. (They've also toured this way rather than using tour buses to get to their shows.)
Anyway, on this album, they talk about their travels through Europe, the experiences they had, the people they met etc, and there's a song for each country they visited, and the representations of the songs are very accurate if I say so myself. (Although I can only really speak for
England as it's where I'm from, and haven't visited any other countries mentioned, but you can be the judge of that.)
A lot of people I've shown this band are put off by the vocals. Admittedly, they aren't amazing, and the music does sound quite thin and hollow. But personally I think the idea is good enough to warrant this. To me the vocals sound kind of fast-paced, and... Clueless, I suppose is my best way of wording it. I think they fit well with the way he is singing about how they are traveling around Europe with no real plans.
Anyway: Enough of my babbling on, here is some Ghost Mice.
01 Ghost Mice - England - YouTube