New for Friday: Think “Party in the USA” for the Hipster Set Edition

by Katie

I’ve been blog-soul-searching a little bit lately, and also so busy at work that the mere thought of coming home and looking at my computer screen any more makes me want to put my eyes out with pins and cut off my fingers (not sure what order would be most effective for those actions).

Anyway, I talked to a friend who is a full-time writer these days, and whose editor is apparently awesome and insane, and she relayed some good perspective that he provided. I’m feeling a little more… rededicated now, to a lot of things. I can’t guarantee I’ll go back and review every show I failed to review this month, but I’m definitely going to get better at this stuff.

Anyhoo, I picked up Blair’s album this week, because, as we know, I love that song “Hello, Halo.” I’ll write a review of “Die Young” when I spend a little more time with it, but for now, please accept “Candy in the Kitchen.” It’s a catchy, hopeful dance song that combines Blair’s 20-something resignation with the youthful hope someone our age can’t quite shake. Though Blair encourages you to dance, there is nothing about moving your hips “like yeah,” and I’m pretty confident that Blair has actually heard a Whitney Houston song. What I’m saying is, if that Miley Cyrus song made any lyrical sense, it would be “Candy in the Kitchen.”

For now, listen to it (and some others! BONUS!) on Muzzle of Bees. When I get home, I’ll post our MP3.