Look

There's a new Halcali video out too, and it's all kinds of nifty. The single is called "Look," and hopefully it's some indication of a new Halcali album at some point down the road (there's been quite some time and two other singles since the last one).

The funny/sad/silly bit here is that this video is once again bringing out an odd tendency I see in Halcali "fans": every time - and I mean every time - a new single/video is released, all I hear is, "Well, I don't like the song, but the video's cool." What bothers me about those statements is that Halcali's new music is actually quite good, and what a lot of these self-purported fans are really complaining about is that it's not exactly the same as the stuff on their first album. Sometimes it seems like there are very few actual Halcali fans; only people who love the first album and want the same thing over and over again. Yes, Halcali has been branching out into new kinds of music ever since the second album (one could argue that the first album was quite varied in and of itself), but isn't that a good thing? Shouldn't the fact that Halcali is always trying new things be respected and not scorned? Do you really want to hear the first album repeated endlessly?

Seriously, this is a weird trend, and it really bugs me. If you love Halcali, then love Halcali, and not your image of what they "should" be. I'm not saying that you should never be critical of their low points, but there's more to Halcali than just one album. Accept that, and maybe you'll find that their new stuff can be lots of fun too.