New music: Yellowbirds "The Rest Of My Life"

A friend recently tipped me off to Yellowbirds, a Brooklyn-based psych-folk band and side-project of Apollo Sunshine's Sam Cohen.  The band's debut The Color is scheduled for a March 2011 release, but the band has made a few tracks available for stream early.  Many of the tracks feature Cohen's trademark guitar work, and find a balance between dreamy psych-pop and a more organic Americana sound.  Check out the band's Bandcamp page to preview a few of the tracks.

"The Rest Of My Life" starts with a soft organ intro before Phil Spector-esque snare hits propel the song forward.  The summery, at times Beach Boys-esque, sound masks the darker theme in the lyrics - really liking this.  Listen to the full track below:

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[Shasty]

Saw these guys open for Marco Benevento last night at Stage One in Fairfield CT. First off, Stage One is a great venue. Great sound, intimate and everyone is friendly. If you get a chance to see either of these acts, go. These Yellowbird songs are really growing on me and after seeing them live I want more.