Phoenix: Entertainment

After releasing their new album Bankrupt! yesterday, Phoenix has proved they can follow up Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix in the same magnificent rebirthing process as their mythical (but real, let's be honest) namesake bird. After seeing them live, I would trust these guys to write the soundtrack to my life. There was so much emotion and intensity dropping from every word Thomas Mars spoke, and they as a band were truly incredible.

'Entertainment' may have been out for a while now, but after hearing it live, there's simply no way you can miss it. It's the next '1901' (but hopefully without the complete saturation of car ads). So catchy, an amazing riff, and a huge part of their live show, as they played the real song, and then elongated the instrumental while Mars crowd surfed across hundreds of awestruck fans. This one's a winner, and by the time the first six seconds are past, you've better have already jumped up and run into the street to dance and have a jolly time!

I'm also really digging 'S.O.S. in Bel Air' and the title track, 'Bankrupt'. The whole album is certainly worth buying, and if you buy it on Amazon, you get the physical cd, an MP3 download of it immediately, AND a $1 song credit on the amazon MP3 store all for cheaper than just the MP3 album on iTunes! Good on you Amazon! There's a link for your purchasing pleasure here. While you're at it might as well pre-order Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' and Vampire Weekend's 'Modern Vampires of the City', eh, eh!