My daughter and I had our first true shared musical exchange. What I mean is that as she’s grown up, I have exposed her to my musical interests in hopes of cultivating an eclectic musical palate in her.
The development of her own tastes has to this point been influenced by her preoccupation with a local pop radio station. When it is just the two of us in the car or occasionally cooking dinner together I use that time to introduce her to a variety of genres.
Recently, one of her friends turned her on to this British indie band LoveJoy. I think Keira was quite excited to share them with me, asking if she could select the music while we cooked together. In her 11 years, she has never done that. Much too my surprise, I quite enjoyed her selection. It wasn’t a pop synthesized mass cultural rag. Instead, I found them to be lyrically smart and musically contagious. In the days that have passed I still find myself humming along to young Mr. Soot. I think I am drawn to them because they also remind me a lot of The Wombats
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