Next Tuesday, Kill Rock Stars will release We Brave Bee Stings and All, the runner up to the '05 debut Like The Linen from Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down. 23 year old, Virginian, Thao Nguyen is everywhere these days and you can get a million reviews about the new album, which by the way is totally awesome and I'll tell you why...actually let's first talk about Thao. Well one thing I wanted to mention...She's Vietnamese and for some reason that makes it extra cool, anyone know what I'm saying? probably not. You don't get many Vietnamese American females sing-a-pluckin' folky music and making magazine covers...okay maybe it's just me.

I think it's the percussions and electric organs on Geography that sold me to this album. It has a great combination of Thao's sing-a-long folk lyrics with a portrayal of just the right amount of the band's talents with a range of diversity influence in indie pop, southern folk and a brief hint of jazz. You should definitely pre-order now! They'll be touring through your neighborhood from now through the end of April!

Beat (Health, Life and Fired)
Geography

Labels: Folk, indie