Norwich: serendipitous music.

A few weeks ago, a few of us went to the university to see the tea-drinking DJ Mr. Scruff lay down some phat beats.



It's a fun show, with Mr. Scruff's own drawing accompanying the beats. It started a little slow, though, and by the time it seemed like it was getting more interesting, we couldn't really get into it anymore and a particularly inebriated member of our group [not me or Ella, just to clarify!] was insisting we leave.

Thank goodness for that particularly inebriated member of our group, because the timing was perfect - after the 30-minute walk home, Ella and I were just coming up to her place right when a big white van was parking right in front of her house. We noticed it had a German license plate, and when multiple handsome young men started piling out of the van, we decided to strike up conversation. It turns out they're a Danish "death indie" band called Mimas, they had played a show that night elsewhere in Norwich, and they were spending the night in a house just down the street. Since I generally know I like indie music and adorable Danish men, I bought their album despite not having heard the actual music - they were very excited about their first-ever street sale.

We got a picture and hugs from Mimas.

It turns out we loved their music, anyway, so it all worked out. Here's a taste [and if you like this, also check out Dad Rocks!, a solo project by one of the guys]:

P.S. Some of Ella's roommates really like Bon Iver, Eau Claire's hometown heroes. It's very exciting to rock out to Bon Iver in a student kitchen in England and tell the roommates that Justin Vernon, the group's leading man, lives a few miles from my parents! [And if you like Bon Iver, also check out Volcano Choir, another Justin Vernon project. In fact, I couldn't quite get into Bon Iver at first, but after listening to and loving Volcano Choir, I gave Bon Iver another chance and fell in love with them, too.]