friday feature: eclipse soundtrack

happy friday, everyone.

i was sitting at work yesterday when i was suddenly struck by a realization: wasn't there supposed to be an eclipse soundtrack coming out at some point before the movie?  and isn't the movie coming out next week?  i googled.  and was surprised to find out that a soundtrack had indeed quietly come out and i hadn't even noticed.  obviously, i was going to have to go home and buy it immediately.  that would be when the day decided that it was going to draaaaaaag by as slowly as physically and metaphorically possible, and it seemed like forever until i was able to sit down at my laptop and click that download button.

on first listen, i guess it was worth the wait.  after all, metric is fantastic, sia is -- as always -- amazing, the black keys are awesome (i mean, really, i could listen to "chop and change" on repeat for days) and band of horses is never a bad thing.  i'm even sort of digging this cee lo green song and definitely florence + the machine's "heavy in your arms" (her moody vocals at the end are great) , and jacob's theme song is sort of heartbreaking even if you're not a team jacob kind of gal.  and, okay, i'll be the first to admit that i'm not really the biggest vampire weekend fan, but i'm giving them a shot.   there's also a theme which comes across over the entire album pretty clearly, and i like that.

is this album as good as the "new moon" soundtrack?  i don't know...i mean, that album had grizzly bear, thom yorke (who could have single-handedly made that album better than many, many others), editors, the killers, sea wolf and the flaming lips.  what wasn't to love?  so we'll see.  it'll take me a little while to decide if i'm ever going to love this album, and i'd definitely like to be able to fit scenes with songs, but until then, i'm gonna start it over and see how it settles.

happy weekend!