Morning Benders Acoustic Performance

Check out Morning Benders playing over a half hour live set! Really wish I could have made it out to NYC to see them...they have one of my favorite albums of this year.

Uraban Outfiters 25 Song Comp

The super popular clothing company Urban Outfitters has music taste similar to their clothing. Awesome. They put together a 25 song playlist for your enjoyment...here are the bands on it: Delorean, Caribou, Gonjasufi, Swahili Blonde, Liars, Surfer Blood, Dr. Dog, David Vandervelde, The Morning Benders, jj, Vivian Girls, The Soft Pack, Let's Wrestle, Dum Dum Girls, Love Is All, The Samps, Goldfrapp, Flying Lotus,Serena Maneesh, Suckers, Lali Puna, Small Black, Rainbow Arabia, Golden Ages, Pantha Du Prince.
Worth positng IMO if you don't have these tracks. Head on over to the website and check out the cool layout. Each band has a territory and if you click on the dot listen to the tracks. For the free download just click Download in Itunes.

Urban Outfitters 25 Song Comp--->HERE

Dudes Cover Morning Benders

The Morning Benders new album 'Big Echo' is one of my favorites of the year so far. We did our write up for it in February HERE. The song 'Excuses' has been stuck in my head since hearing it for the first time. The song does have a spot on Oxygen Ashtray's Best Beats play list and deservedly so. Reading twitter this morning I came across a link from We All Want Someone to an amazing cover of 'Excuses', it is extremely well done and is a must watch. Enjoy!

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

The Morning Benders are an indie band from Berkeley, California. The band consists of Julian Harmon, Tim Or, and Chris Chu. They already have one very successful album released in 2008, 'Talking Through Tin Cans'. They have toured with Grizzly Bear, The Kooks, MGMT, Death Cab, Yeasayer and more. The new album, 'Big Echo' has leaked (due out March 9). I'm blown away by it really.

Produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, this album is full of amazing retro indie pop/rock. Apparently, it took less then two weeks to record and edit this album. It has immediate credibility, I connected with it as soon as I heard the opening song 'Excuses'. 'Promises' has a very catchy melody and sing along lyrics..its full of energy. 'Morning Sighs' starts off very slow, like the morning. Soft drums, and softer guitar. Then it builds up, and the guitars add layers on top of each other. I can't recommended this album enough. Check out the video for 'Excuses' below, and buy this album!



Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.