Stepdad

Bear with me.

Imagine, if you will, a beautiful spring day. Imagine this beautiful, sunny day in a green field, perhaps in a valley high in the mountains. The sun is shining in a clear blue sky. You lay back to bathe in the warmth and as you close your eyes you start to feel all bubbly Actually, lets make that literally, like, now you're composed of a million tiny bubbles that are bouncing with the energy of the sun rays that so deliciously tingle your now weightless body. You open your eyes and there a five tigers running through the field. Stop being scared, scared guy, they are nice tigers. They begin to dance with you and everyone starts laughing (if the tigers can dance, they can laugh.) You all collapse into a pile and burst into a pixelated nebula in the middle of that field. 

Ahhhhhhh. That was pleasant. With that experience fresh in your mind I present to you: 

http://stepdad.bandcamp.com/

Who are they? Beats me. Apparently they come from the mysterious land of Michigan, wherever that is. What I do know is that they know how to make music. Entertaining music. Hear that synthesizer? Hear that other one? Yeah, me too. Good, neither of us are deaf. 

Stepdad has an extraordinary ability to be both funny AND talented. This is of course rare, because most people who decide to start dabbling in humor to reach a new audience come off as mentally challenged and socially awkward, and the successfully funny tend to do it at the sacrifice of their musical skills. No more! Stepdad blends arpeggiated synths with upbeat/delightfully falsetto singing and a combination of metaphorical and outrageous lyrics. No joke, give it a listen.

May I recommend: My Leather, My Fur, My Nails.

(http://stepdad.bandcamp.com/track/my-leather-my-fur-my-nails)

Wow, that one's a doozy. Gets me every time. Do you begin to understand the imagineering I had you do at the beginning of this post? I mean, that IS this music. Doesn't it make you happy? Doesn't it make you want to frolic? To help old ladies cross the street? To hug a tiger? Neat. Keep listening.

I would like to thank Curtis Mackay for stumbling upon these guys.

My life is at least 2% better as a result.