I have finally gotten my hands on Jason Mraz's forthcoming album, we sing we dance we steal things. Tough week to be competing against the new release of Death Cab for Cutie's album (amazing). I had found out that Jason was releasing eps of this album with acoustic fun stuff before the full cd came out. Well I had gotten my hands on both the We Dance and the We Sing EPs. All the songs are done acoustically on these ep's. A big plus for the acoustic fans a.k.a. me. I am absolutely in love with a song called “A Beautiful Mess” - It’s classic Mraz which I have greatly missed. It’s got some excellent imagery and a few lines that I really love. He has also turned to many different types of influences. The addition of the strings to some songs is great. There is an ending where he has little kids singing on the song coyote. At the end you hear this one little boy singing and jason says...you were singing close to the mic weren't you. It's adorable. Dynamo of volition reminds me of curbside prophet on crack. It's great stuff.
I have all of Jason’s previous albums I've like them but the live selections for friends wasn't very impressive. It was what any jason mraz fan had already on their ipod. It lacked the profound lyrical content that made Jason’s music special in the first place. I wasn’t looking forward to the album before I heard this song but now I find myself anticipating the release date. I’ve always loved Jason’s laid back style, his smooth music, wearing his random hat of the week with a polaroid camera in hand. I miss the kid he used to be and hope he’s back now after the Sophomore slump. I haven’t seen him in concert since 2005 so it might be time to do so again soon.. we’ll see!
Over all great album pick it up it's worth it. (I'll send you a copy mom don't worry) I know if I had the chance to meet this guy, I think Jason and I would be pals. We could go down to the beach and relax in the sun and rock out san diego. A girl can dream I guess.
