Photo credit: Douglas Garfield
Huge in the St. Louis local music scene, The Blind Eyes self-released its debut album, Modernity, in March 2009, and I've been wearing the entire album out ever since. But it's the lead track, "January," retro-tinged with a contagious chorus, that invariably summons me back - I mean, what more could you want out of a feel-good slice of indie pop? The fact that it hates winter as much as I do? Sold to the lady in the second row!
I saw The Blind Eyes open last Wednesday for The Black Lips at The Firebird, and I was reminded once again, from the band's energetic yet impervious live show, why it deserves the title of JOTD.
The Blind Eyes - January
Recently, the boys have been back in the recording studio, prepping their forthcoming second LP. In the meantime, Modernity is available on iTunes and Amazon.