Listen To This: Central Services Board of Education

What is in Seattle's water? Johnny Bregar, Recess Monkey, not to mention Eric Herman and Eric Ode... they're really approaching critical mass, kids-music-scene-wise.

And now there's Central Services Board of Education, an offshoot of the indie-pop band Central Services.

Go listen (and download, should you desire, and you likely will) their first four songs, which I'm going to describe as "Schoolhouse Rock!-meets-The-Shins." Or maybe "Ben-Folds-meets-Dr-Demento."

Or maybe "awesome."

With densely-packed wordplay and pop-cultural allusions, it's probably more for (or most appreciated by) kids ages 6 and older. My favorite track is "The Lonely Tomato," which somehow manages to be highly educational, metaphorical, and catchy all at the same time. All four tracks are worth checking out.

(And then go over to Central Services' myspace page while you're at it.)

Comments

[Drew Holloway]

Yeah for the Emerald City!Thanks for this Stefan!

[deb in sf]

OH MY! What fun. I love that tomato song! Crazy cool and creative! And the xylophone. hilarious!

I'm going to seattle in March. I hope there will be some shows while I'm there, even though I'll be sans littles. What a lucky town!

[Katy L]

Double yeah for Seattle!A song from the perspective of the elbow--pure brilliance. Thanks again for pointing out some great musicians up this way.Drew, my girls are enrolled in your summer camp and very excited! Your CD arrived today. And Deb, welcome to Seattle next month. I hope it's a great visit.