We like dates. And history. And these two songs highlight two of the most important dates in history: 1517, the year of the Protestant Reformation, and 1901, the year of the, uh, Great Fire of 1901. To tell you the truth, we’re not exactly sure of the motivation behind the naming of these two tracks, but they are some seriously banging tunes. These aren’t the only ones either (Golden Dogs’ “1985”, Crystal Castles’ “1991” to name a few), which leads us to believe this is some sort of trend. Perhaps more history buffs are getting into music.
Two of the most chronisyncetically pleasing sounds from the year 2009, coming from Germany’s Whitest Boy Alive and France’s Phoenix:
Whitest Boy Alive - 1517
Phoenix - 1901
These songs also serve as a teaser to the upcoming first annual Jimmy Awards, presented by NLG to our choice of the best music of 2009, in which these two bands may or may not be taking home some hardware. Stay tuned!
hey that metric cd is unreal...... was bumping it while snowboarding last week..especially the first song, whatever it is called
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