guilty pleasures

thanks to my homies over at mefi, i discovered several new bands that it seems i like. one of them is a band called
"m83"; i've listened to and enjoyed two of their albums today.

i suspect that they are an "emo" band and therefore as lame as "the cure", whom i also like. i'm man enough to admit that i enjoy crappy music. i also like beethoven, so suck it, haters.

it's (mostly) slow, droning, simple chord-transition "post-rock" with samples and electronic noise stuff and no wailing guitar solos or dance beats. kind of like moby back before he got full of himself. not exactly good music for running or otherwise kicking ass, but not bad for concentrating on writing or programming. relaxing? maybe. good stuff, overall. somewhat reminiscent of the slow pink floyd. brings to mind the final scene of "repoman", too. moody but i guess not miserable enough to be goth. are "emos" miserable? i really don't know. if they're supposed to be, then this probably isn't "emo" because it's at worst apathatic, definitely not miserable.

or maybe i'm just projecting!