what I’m actually listening to: the new amsterdams
Sometimes I realize there’s a gap between what I talk about and what I listen to. “What I’m actually listening to” tries to set that straight.
Yesterday I finally purchased the physical CD of the album that I’ve probably played most in my life relative to how much I’ve talked about it. I’ve rarely talked about it, but I listen to it fairly frequently, possibly 2-4 times a month over the past few years. It’s Para Toda Vida by the New Amsterdams.
It was a band and an album I checked out a few years ago because it’s the more acoustic/ rock side project of the Get Up Kids front man Matthew Pryor. I never loved it, but I always liked it and it’s highly listenable. It also has a lot of staying power, far more than some of its closer cousins, like the early Dashboard Confessional stuff. This is more folksy and less whiny, so that definitely helps.
The New Amsterdams - Son of a Prophet (mp3)
It’s available from insound
