How’d you like that clever play on words? Yeah. I’m sorry.

Once in a great while, an album comes along that I cannot stop listening to. It’s happened with Thrice, Copeland, Matchbook Romance, Further Seems Forever, Underoath, The Rocket Summer, and more. What usually happens is I will get the CD. Listen once. Think “eh, that’s a good CD!“, and then proceed to listen to it about 60 times non-stop for anywhere from a day or two up to a month thereafter. It’s happening again.

Mae.

The Everglow.

Wanna listen? You are, if you have Flash installed. They provide a ton of promotion tools on theeverglow.com, like the flash thing up top.

Hello, and welcome to The Everglow by Mae. You are now listening to the audio portion of the album. To complete your experience, please open the booklet that accompanies the compact disc. Good, you are now ready to experience The Everglow. You’ll know it’s time to turn the page when you hear this sound:

[different sounds from the album at once]

Thank you, and enjoy your journey.

The album is put together like a childrens audio book. The previous text is the first track, and the ‘different sounds from the album at once‘ is a compilation of the first second or two of each song. The liner notes are made to look like a childrens book, with illustrations to go along with every song. The last track thanks you for listening, and expresses its hope that you enjoyed your journey.

I like this album a bit more than the last Mae album. I think because its a bit heavier. The vocals are more ‘grown up’ too, I think. He’s not trying to sing as high; he’s using a deeper voice in some places, which I am really digging. Give it a chance. Go buy it quick if you want the special limited edition, they aren’t printing any more CDs with the extra sleeve and the gold printing on the cover.