Yesterday, fellow Speakers in Code writer, Matt, gave us a Jam of the Day that slowly eases from winter to this relatively newfound spring weather. However, today, I bring you a JOTD that definitely doesn’t hide the fact that it’s ready to shed its winter skin and spend a little time outdoors, sans sunscreen, in a not-so-subtle attempt to make that skin feel alive again. While we all crossed our fingers and said a little prayer back on Groundhog Day that spring would soon be spiraling toward us, The Blind Eyes have been a-wishin’ and a-hopin’ since “January.”
Huge in the St. Louis local music scene, The Blind Eyes self-released its debut album, Modernity, in March 2009, and I’ve been wearing the entire album out ever since. But it’s the lead track, “January,” retro-tinged with a contagious chorus, that invariably summons me back – I mean, what more could you want out of a feel-good slice of indie pop? The fact that it hates winter as much as I do? Sold to the lady in the second row!
I saw The Blind Eyes open last Wednesday for The Black Lips at The Firebird, and I was reminded once again, from the band’s energetic yet impervious live show, why it deserves the title of JOTD.
Recently, the boys have been back in the recording studio, prepping their forthcoming second LP. In the meantime, Modernity is available on iTunes and Amazon.