Party Ends

   The debut EP Noise by Austin’s Built By Snow has been glued in car cd player, a spot that was long enjoyed by the new Kanye album.  It has lots of heart and plenty of something that Graduation doesn’t have- Analog Synth!  (Although no- T-Pain…) Built By Snow picks up where the Impossibles left off- solid pop songs with an affinity for Weezer choruses, Fugazi screaming plus plenty of Rentals keyboards. The band of Matt Sharps has their aesthetic down to a rocket science- embrace the nerd- ahem- pardon me “smart kid, weird kid… and NASA engineer” in all of us.  The imagery of the old school cassette of course strikes a chord with us and MS-DOS type set isn’t too shabby either.   If you ever liked an Ozma song you will like Built by Snow.  Although I don’t care to see the Ozma reunion tours because they seem to be making a victory lap in order to pay some mortgages- Built By Snow is a phenomenally energetic live band who is 100 % earnest and will have you singing along to choruses you didn’t even know that you knew. pick up the super fun EP here!

   They play tomorrow night at Beauty Bar around 10pm.  Come check them out, pick up some Modular records swag, and stick around for the Moogy sounds of another great Austin band – the Boxing Lesson. Bring your pocket protectors! please download this track from yousendit and check out more of the songs on their myspace page!