The formula for music last year lies somewhere in loud happy music (ex Mates of State, Santogold, and so on) or very dark acoustic music with lots of harmonies and beards (Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, and so on).
Already, the mixing of the level of happiness with loudness of the music has been changed up. Bruce Peninsula, for example, creates some haunting songs around a chorus of up to 10 people. Neko Case builds some happy music on her quiet, but full, record. All we need now is a very contemplative happy song from a man with a beard. Or maybe the opposite; Colin Meloy could grow a beard and his very loud, in the end miserable, album could satisfy all aspects of beardyness, sorrow, and volume.
BTW: Demigods by Mega Wand and Steamroller by Bruce Peninsula fit oddly well together if played at the same time by accident... Steamroller at a much lower level.
thanks to The Musicologist for the Mega Wands find(check under the others. with love
for his blog.)
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