Austin Town Hall

More new local music continues to churn out this week with a track from Chris Simpson and his band Zookeeper.  This new track “Mary of the Morning” will appear on an upcoming album due out in 2010.  Thanks to Austin Sound for the heads up on this.

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Download: Zookeeper – Mary of the Morning [MP3]

I’ve been feeling really nostalgic lately about my Emo days in high school and college so I thought the hottest Austin emo band Mineral would be a solid choice for our From the Closet.  Mineral were only around for about 4 years and only put out two full LPs, both of which superb additions to the then trendy Emo genre.  After their break up in 1998, Chris Simpson went on to form The Gloria Record and now fronts the Austin folk-pop band Zookeeper.  The song I’ve got for you is “& Serenading” which appears on the bands second LP EndSerenading.  It’s long been one of my favorites from the late 90s emo genre.

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Download: Mineral – & Serenading [MP3]