Half Acre Day

Half Acre Day - Fourteen Trips Around the Sun (2007)
I picked up this little gem after hearing them on KEXP. Out of the gates it's catchy to keep you listening, but there enough nuance to make it interesting. Seattle Sound notes that "[i]t seems from these songs and more that the guys in the band have a thing for the end times and nature. The odd thing is that everyone is obsessed with those things now, which makes this collection of expansive pop numbers, intertwined with steady danceable rhythms, melodic synthesizer melodies and bright brilliant harmonies accessible to non-conspiracy theorists." And the NW Music Blog writes that "[t]his album has the very real possibility of catcing on and making a dent in the mainstream. Overall it is brilliantly produced with entertaining lyrics, a good sense of humor, and catchy hooks that will help push their musical gospel in to the ages. And, if you’re looking for some sort of reference point on all this, just know even Archie McFee’s is pushing for them, and they know all." Listen at MySpace.