and another thing!! by kid canaveral

so, woe is this blog, friends. how lonely it's been, without my attention. my inbox has been filling up with songs and every time i saw one of those emails, i would think, "i ought to be blogging about music," but then one of my characters would whisper in my ear, "stupid, do you want to get our book done or what?"

obvs, the characters won.

however! today song is actually one i've been writing to. and . . . i like it so much, it must be shared.

i've blogged in the past about how cool scotland's kid canaveral is. in fact, i think it was two years ago that i pegged one of their songs (left and right) as one of my 10 favorite songs of the year. it was off a very excellent album entitled shouting at wildlife which i still find myself listening to.


and another thing!! is off of that same album. first off, let's talk about how adorbs it is that there are two exclamation points after the title. as somebody who uses probably way too many exclamation points in emails, facebook status updates, and tweets, i can only find this endearing.

now, as for the song - it does have an endearing quality to it, but it is, in no way, the cheerful song it would initially lead you to believe. i remember the first time i'd heard it after a long spell of not hearing it - i had my ipod on in the background, and i instantly felt all cheery and boppy. it wasn't until midway through the song i remembered, "oh yeah. this isn't happy! why am i bopping?" but damn, if and another thing!! doesn't try to fool you into believing it is.

couldn't be so happy now i'm seeing the back of it
another thing, another thing
busy doing nothing, there's no skill in the knack of it
another thing, another thing
this stops right now
another thing, another thing
we stop right now
another thing, another thing

let's go wash our faces in the sun
and let's go clean your arms

and sometimes, sometimes i need you more
than other times, other times
so let go, let go
i'm all right

couldn't have done it better if i knew at the start of it
another thing, another thing
if i'd known it better i'd avoided the half of it
another thing, another thing
this stops right now
another thing, another thing
we stop right now
another thing, another thing

let's go wash our faces in the sun
and let's go and clean your arms

and sometimes, sometimes i need you more
than other times, other times
so let go, let go
i'm all right

and sometimes, sometimes i need you more
than other times, other times
oh, let go, let go
i'm all right

profuse apologies if i butchered any of those lyrics above. i have this very large feeling i have.

ANYWAY! stream the song below:



the band did an excellent session for song by toad ; grab the mp3 below:

(mp3) and another thing!! (live toad session) by kid canaveral (via song by toad - go HERE to see/listen to more from the session)

and here's a live performance of and another thing!!:


And Another Thing!! by Kid Canaveral (Live) from Straight to Video Records on Vimeo.

go HERE to buy shouting at wildlife , the album and another thing!! is off of.