Pantywaist pop
I was browsing my iTunes today, looking for some hidden gems which might buried deep in the under explored corners of my library. I cam across a track which I had automatically downloaded from a great MP3 blog called Said the Gramophone sometime during the summer of 2006.It was a pretty catchy, somewhat airy little piece of indy-folk-rock-stuff called Grass Stains by a fellow from Portland named Jacob Borshard.
Music:
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Grass Stains, from the Album The Last Brontosaurus (2006)
After noticing it about half way through the song, I restarted and took a good listen. It’s cute.. kinda cheesy, but good. Good in a way that if you don’t take yourself too seriously as a music critic, you can really enjoy.. for a little while. Since it had my attention, I took a closer look at the track in iTunes. It was then that I saw something that will endear this track to me for a long time. Someone, at some point, when creating the mp3 of this song had assigned the song’s genre as (and quote) “pantywaist pop”.
After a short fit of barely controllable laughter while sitting at my desk at work, I thought about this designation a bit more. It’s right on. I’ve decided to go through my iTunes collection now and reassign about half of the stuff in there currently classified as “Indie” to match. Don’t get me wrong, I still like the stuff (in moderation) I just like it more having called it what it is.
Listen to the mp3 (above) and judge for yourself.
You can learn more about Jacob Borshard and listen to more of his music at his website: http://www.creebobby.com/
He’s really quite talented in his own way. I dig the ukulele! Come to think of it, I think I recall hearing a track from his earlier album Songs for a Small Stereo (2004) on KEXP a few years back.
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