cover of Summering Not too long ago, I decided to visit Elastic Heart because…I hadn’t been there in ages. (If you like pretty websites, you should check it out.) On the left side of the page under “My Band” was a new Marianas release, “Summering EP”. And by “new” I mean that it was released on June 22, 2005.

…I’m slow.

Anyway, you can download all four songs from the EP on Elastic Heart. So. Do it. I was going to recommend one song, but I like all of them and there’s only four, so there’s no reason not to.

…Okay, I’ll describe their music first if that’s what you want. Post-rock electronic ambient dreamy acoustic dinkly warm organic, mixed until just combined (like making muffins; you don’t want too much gluten formation) and then…pop in the oven and get delicious muffins. I mean, music. Get some tasty, delicious music. I could compare Marianas to other bands, but I’ll be annoying and just present them on their own terms (refer to the confusing string of words in the beginning of the paragraph).

You can buy the EP on their website for $6 if you live in the US. I immediately fell in love with the forest cover (photo by Debbie Carlos), but it sold out. Apparently I am not the only one who loves creepy looking forest scenes. I want to wrap my room in that forest and play this music until I go insane.

Also check out Marianas’ first album, Onward + Upward (while I like their website despite the flash interface, I’m still annoyed by the non-linky-ness of websites that are entirely in flash, which many music sites fall into). I think I got it shortly after it came out, but I haven’t listened to it that often in the past…three years. I’ll listen to it now.