relax, move your arms

at this point the term chillwave has become a bit stale in the hipster music world, maybe almost as tired as How I Met Your Mother's plot twists. So let's move on, call it dream pop, or super-floaty-pop or what have you, and focus on the fact that some of these bands put out some excellent stuff regardless of the labels. One such band is Memoryhouse. Yes, they seem like they've watched Virgin Suicides and Pretty In Pink a few too many times, and yes, they are awesome. In fact they followed-up on something Jeremy Larson did a few years ago, which is write a song based on one of Jon Brion's fantastic skits from the Eternal Sunshine soundtrack. For them it's Phone Call, and they like it so much they've recorded two versions (so far):






Lovely, hypnotic, and yes, so totaly chillwavey. This duo is performing next week (Aug 24) at Walter's on Washington with fellow dreamers Twin Sister. If you enjoy this sort of thing, I do suggest you come on down. Because as much fun as it is, you can't always stay home to watch vintage Cusack movies with the shades drawn.