I randomly found out about this band called Beach House the other day. The guy at this blog said:
Because I feel a need to promote the shit out of this band. It's downtempo kind of indie folk I guess, though that doesn't begin to touch the depths they reach. No one else out really does what Beach House does, and even if they did, they couldn't do as well. It's sparse, almost like a faded memory of playing house with your kindergarden girlfriend in a faded blue concrete basement. MC Eiht would say ggggggeeeeeah.
I was intruiged, so downloaded both albums. So today was Beach House test day. Now, there have been a few cds/bands that have been able to make me space out under certain conditions...but they had a different space out feeling from this band. Like the guy said It's sparse, almost like a faded memory - almost as if it completely stopped time and pulled you in - you can't concentrate on anything else. It makes you smile and close your eyes.
I just know that it's awesome. So, if you feel like completely zoning out, I would suggest these two albums.
Here are two of their songs on youtube:
From the first album (self titled):
and from Devotion:
I took some pictures while on my way home from premium poutine and general perusing.
yay leaves!
The landlady's cat:
yay leaves!
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| From Red and Yellow Days |
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| From Red and Yellow Days |
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| From Red and Yellow Days |
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| From Red and Yellow Days |
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| From Red and Yellow Days |
The landlady's cat:
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| From Red and Yellow Days |
So, my quest to try all the vegetarian restaurants in Montreal continues. On Saturday, my friend and I had planned to go to Chuch (or Chuchai, either one). We went in and...I dunno if they don't serve people at 4 pm or something? but nothing was happening. We went to the counter to see if maybe we could pick something, but the counter dude was not paying attention, so we left. Not even 30 seconds away is La Faim du Monde. This is awesome because it's on the veg-list.
La Faim du Monde is pretty cool, at least in terms of decor. It's small, has some indoor and outdoor seating. You can see the kitchen from where you're sitting. Their menu has things from all over - india, mexico and general asian foodies.
Both my friend and I ordered a small Dahl soup for starters and then she got the Greek Feta sandwich and I got the Inca Pate (beet, quinoa, cashew nuts, onions, tahini and sunflower seeds - yes it tasted healthy :P good too).
The Dahl was huge. Small for them is like medium at least - 2-3 cups of liquid. It wasn't the best dahl ever - I prefer it a bit thicker. But it tasted good.
When our food came - our faces were both like @_@ how are we going to finish this?!
Each half of the sandwich is about 6 inches long and 4 inches wide and 2-3 inches thick - stuffed to the brim. On top of that, it comes with coleslaw.
Most people don't know this, but I absolutely hate coleslaw. It is my salad nemesis. The one at Kentucky Fried Chicken looks radioactive - I have no idea what they did to it. The ones at the grocery stores look yellow and gross. Taste just as bad. This extreme vinegary taste that maybe was used to hide the fact that the cabbage is decomposing?...yeah, you get the idea. So I was hesitant.
People, this coleslaw they have is legendary. I took a bite and told my friend "DUDE MAN, this thing is awesome!". She took a bite and agreed. It is the best coleslaw I've had in my life - hands up an down.
It had purple cabbage, carrots, sunflower seeds, some form of green thing which I suspect was sprouts and a dressing that I cannot describe other than jesus came down in his awesome white shoes did a dance, stirred the dressing himself and blessed it 10 000 times. I must somehow reproduce this creation...and so it shall be my next cabbage mission.
Now, back to the sandwiches in general. They are so huge that we could not finish them. We only ate 1/2 and took the other 1/2 to go. I was still full 5 hours later...but ate it anyways because I was not near a fridge and didn't know how long it would keep.
The soup (4$) and sandwich (10$) + tx = 16$. Now I typically consider that expensiveish dining...but being that the sandwich lasted me 2 meals and it still would've been that way even without the soup...it's like 5$ for a meal. Which isn't bad at all :)
I'll definitely go back again, if only for the blessed coleslaw.
PS: Plantains taste awesome in thai green curry :D
La Faim du Monde is pretty cool, at least in terms of decor. It's small, has some indoor and outdoor seating. You can see the kitchen from where you're sitting. Their menu has things from all over - india, mexico and general asian foodies.
Both my friend and I ordered a small Dahl soup for starters and then she got the Greek Feta sandwich and I got the Inca Pate (beet, quinoa, cashew nuts, onions, tahini and sunflower seeds - yes it tasted healthy :P good too).
The Dahl was huge. Small for them is like medium at least - 2-3 cups of liquid. It wasn't the best dahl ever - I prefer it a bit thicker. But it tasted good.
When our food came - our faces were both like @_@ how are we going to finish this?!
Each half of the sandwich is about 6 inches long and 4 inches wide and 2-3 inches thick - stuffed to the brim. On top of that, it comes with coleslaw.
Most people don't know this, but I absolutely hate coleslaw. It is my salad nemesis. The one at Kentucky Fried Chicken looks radioactive - I have no idea what they did to it. The ones at the grocery stores look yellow and gross. Taste just as bad. This extreme vinegary taste that maybe was used to hide the fact that the cabbage is decomposing?...yeah, you get the idea. So I was hesitant.
People, this coleslaw they have is legendary. I took a bite and told my friend "DUDE MAN, this thing is awesome!". She took a bite and agreed. It is the best coleslaw I've had in my life - hands up an down.
It had purple cabbage, carrots, sunflower seeds, some form of green thing which I suspect was sprouts and a dressing that I cannot describe other than jesus came down in his awesome white shoes did a dance, stirred the dressing himself and blessed it 10 000 times. I must somehow reproduce this creation...and so it shall be my next cabbage mission.
Now, back to the sandwiches in general. They are so huge that we could not finish them. We only ate 1/2 and took the other 1/2 to go. I was still full 5 hours later...but ate it anyways because I was not near a fridge and didn't know how long it would keep.
The soup (4$) and sandwich (10$) + tx = 16$. Now I typically consider that expensiveish dining...but being that the sandwich lasted me 2 meals and it still would've been that way even without the soup...it's like 5$ for a meal. Which isn't bad at all :)
I'll definitely go back again, if only for the blessed coleslaw.
PS: Plantains taste awesome in thai green curry :D
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