play this music as loud as can be

I was going to write an intelligent blog about why I love the new CSS album so much, but was distracted by their really bizarre video for “Left Behind.”

While I’m all about DIY projects, this one just doesn’t do it for me. Sure, it was weirdly funny, but come on, they were basically the soundtrack of the iPod all of last year. I think they can afford to make a video with better “special effects.”

I’m missing them—AGAIN—at Lollapalooza, as Trish and I decided to not spend $160 for one-day tickets, and instead, go on a more-fun vaca mid-August (and get our pug a sister, and furnish the new apartment, pay student loans, etc, etc…). Oh adulthood! I assumed we’d just catch their show at HOB on Saturday night, but my 15-year-old sister will be visiting again and is not, in fact, 17, as the venue stipulates. (Then again, she’s into bands like Paramore and probably wouldn’t appreciate Lovefoxxx’ shiny jumpsuits as much as I would).

But anyway, the whole album is great. I’ve listened to it a trillion times. My only complaint is that the band name is encoded on the album as CSS and the first one was Cansei de ser Sexy, so it’s split up on my iPod. As my friend Amanda would say, first world problem!