If you don’t already have this album, get it. That is assuming you like music, any music, at all.

From ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ through ‘Burn this Disco Out’ the whole album is amazing. It’s Poppy, Funky, and from a period in Michael’s life where he still occasionally left his house to interact with actual people.

The fact that Jackson was 21 when he made the album just makes me angry. Angry at the fact that I’m 22 and have yet to produce anything as remotely awesome as this, and that I probably never will.

‘Off the Wall’, ‘Girlfriend’, ‘Rock With You’, as well as the previously mentioned ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ are probably my favorite tracks on the album, but really pretty much the whole thing is perfect.

Thriller was bigger and more mainstream, and Bad has ‘Smooth Criminal’ but for me this album is the pinnacle of Jackson’s crazy odd career. After this one all his weird paranoia’s and illusions of grandeur started to overtake the actual music. Get this album, just trust me on this one. It comes with a radness guarantee.

So, I’ve been listening to this album every night for the past week or so and I think it’s brilliant.

It’s perfectly soft and (surprise!) quiet, while still managing to sound extremely powerful. I love Erik Glambek Boe’s voice, it’s deep and resonant, without feeling forced or over done. The music is the perfect counterpoint to his sound, melancholy, wistful, but still catchy and pleasant to listen to. Indie Pop at its best.

Comparisons to Belle & Sebastian are probably inevitable, and the bands do share some of the influences and song structures, but really they sound nothing alike. For one thing Belle & Sebastian are 9 people and much more of a sonic attack then this album’s duo of guitars present.

The first three songs ‘Winning a Battle, Losing the War’, ‘Toxic Girl’, and ‘Singing Softly to Me’ are the best part of the album, and it does all sort of blend together by the end, but by that time I’m usually asleep anyway, so really, for me it’s a moot point.

I think this album rocks, I can’t wait to hear the others they have put out, and I would recommend anyone check this out.

i can’t even imagine what i’m going to type. i have no idea what i’m typing, i can’t even think of anything coherant to say.

i’m in new york city right now. i was supposed to fly back to seattle sometime this week. my mind isn’t working. i can’t seem to think of anything to say, anything to think. i’m not sure why. i was in manhattan today, trying to get some of my stuff, the police had blocked off most of the city and there was almost noone around. the news was on all day yesterday here, i couldn’t escape it or avoid it or anything. i really can’t watch it anymore.

everyone i know is safe. everyone i know is out of harm’s reach for now. yesterday we went out into the street, in brooklyn, and could see the ashes flying around us, by the time we came back inside i couldn’t see through my glasses anymore. i feel like chicken little. i’m not sure that makes any sense.

i’m so tired. i’m so very very tired. i can’t sleep. i don’t know why, i just can’t. all i want is to be at home. all i want is to not be here right now and i have no idea when i will be able to leave. all i want is to not be dealing with this. all i want is to be able to help somehow and right now i can’t imagine or think of anyway to do it.

this is the single greatest tragedy i have ever witnessed in my 20 years on this planet. i really hope this isn’t the defining moment of my generation.

i think that’s all i can think of to say. i think that’s all i can think of to think. i think i want to go to sleep now and not wake up till my mind works again. i hope everyone is ok. please be ok.