If you’re like me you’ve probably seen a few football games over the past week or so. Between the college bowl games and the NFL playoffs I’ve seen my fair share of advertisements {becuase, let’s face it, American football is designed with one and one thing only in mind; revenue}. Anyway, I first saw the new Esurance advert last week and I was really pleased to see Cloud Cult getting some national airtime and love. Not to mention the fact that one of my favorites bands has now been made into Esurance style cartoon figures. What’s not to love?
Anyway, the song they’re using in the advertisement hails from the 2005 album Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus (buy it direct from the band) and I thought I would throw up a few other tracks from that disc. It was a moment in time when Cloud Cult was first really discovering what sort of eclectic sound they possess and in my mind it serves as a musical turning point for the band. Since this effort they’ve gotten better by leaps and bounds, but it still serves as a good jumping off point to fully appreciate where they’ve come from and how far they’ve come.
mp3 : Cloud Cult - Lucky Today
mp3 : Cloud Cult - Transistor Radio
mp3 : Cloud Cult - That Man That Jumped Out the Window
If you’d like to check out the Esurance advert, as well as snag a few other free Cloud Cult tracks, you can click right here to see all about this pairing of band and insurance provider. If you haven’t paid any heed to TWF over the past two years make sure you hear me and hear me well; Cloud Cult deserves your undivided attention. In the past two years they have made two brilliant albums that you need to hear from start to finish as soon as possible.
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