"Um, Pre-pre-twentysomething"
[Music || Jamie Cullum, "All At Sea"]
I forgot to make a post about Jamie Cullum, my newfound, chill-sexy-jazz-pop obsession. I wanted to go see him at the Roxy last night so bad but my pride of not paying the extra Under 21 cover charge got in the way.
I bought his album on a whim. I was flipping through my mom's recent issue of People and noticed his "kewl" picture on the music reviews page. The album got a perfect score. That surely meant something. Reading the review, I found a lot of the lyrics were things I would love to listen to.
Even though I'm not twenty yet, I partly bought the album, amptly titled "twentysomething," because I am prepared to listen to it when I get depressed about not knowing what to do in my 20s. Smart, eh?
Plus, songs like "All At Sea," the smash hit AC/AAA single, is relaxing and beautifully written. It's about wanting to be alone, just for a while. Ileanna even knows who he is! His album debut at #93 on Billboard while it went triple platinum in his homeland, the UK, last fall. He's being billed as the male Norah Jones.
So, once I read about him, I checked out a clip of "All At Sea" online. That was enough to persuade me to purchase his album. I went to Tower Records the next day and used my year-old gift card on the $9.47 CD (it's pricey, since I heard it's $6.99 at Best Buy, but I rather use my gift card and not spend cold cash).
The album took some getting use to, since it's not very poppy. That's a good thing. I need more CDs with depth in my CD rack. Granted, I won't ever take "twentysomething" to work out with. It's the type of CD for those mellow, rainy days when I want to think profoundly and sip Earl Grey tea.
[Music || Jamie Cullum, "All At Sea"]
I forgot to make a post about Jamie Cullum, my newfound, chill-sexy-jazz-pop obsession. I wanted to go see him at the Roxy last night so bad but my pride of not paying the extra Under 21 cover charge got in the way.
I bought his album on a whim. I was flipping through my mom's recent issue of People and noticed his "kewl" picture on the music reviews page. The album got a perfect score. That surely meant something. Reading the review, I found a lot of the lyrics were things I would love to listen to.
Even though I'm not twenty yet, I partly bought the album, amptly titled "twentysomething," because I am prepared to listen to it when I get depressed about not knowing what to do in my 20s. Smart, eh?
Plus, songs like "All At Sea," the smash hit AC/AAA single, is relaxing and beautifully written. It's about wanting to be alone, just for a while. Ileanna even knows who he is! His album debut at #93 on Billboard while it went triple platinum in his homeland, the UK, last fall. He's being billed as the male Norah Jones.
So, once I read about him, I checked out a clip of "All At Sea" online. That was enough to persuade me to purchase his album. I went to Tower Records the next day and used my year-old gift card on the $9.47 CD (it's pricey, since I heard it's $6.99 at Best Buy, but I rather use my gift card and not spend cold cash).
The album took some getting use to, since it's not very poppy. That's a good thing. I need more CDs with depth in my CD rack. Granted, I won't ever take "twentysomething" to work out with. It's the type of CD for those mellow, rainy days when I want to think profoundly and sip Earl Grey tea.
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