Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - When We Swim (from Know Better Learn Faster)
One of my most anitcipated releases of 2009 is Know Better Learn Faster by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. Her 2008 album, We Brave Bee Stings and All, was my favorite release of last year, and I’m delighted that we’ll be treated to another album from her already. I could gush for hours about how much I adore Thao (including how I think we could be best friends and drink tea and discuss feminist theory and scour thrift stores together), but that might be a little psycho.
From what I’ve heard off her new album, she brings a new urgency and edginess to her indie folk-pop, reportedly the result of recent heartache. Whatever the reason, Know Better Learn Faster is shaping up to be one of my favorite releases of this year, solidifying Thao as one of my very favorite artists. Clearly, this is just a giant love-fest for me, so if you haven’t heard Thao, I highly suggest you run out and do so. She’s vocally unique, quite talented lyrically, and I truly think she offers a refreshingly different sound.
(Know Better Learn Faster will be released on October 13th.)
