ho hey by the lumineers

so, now that the christmas has come and gone, are you ready for a non-holiday catchy song? one that makes you happy?

okay. i've got one for you: ho hey from the lumineers.

let's first discuss the title--ho hey. i mean, really. how fun is that? it's the sort of song that really ought to have a ton of stomp/claps with it, and while it sadly has no stomps (oh, lumineers, how fabulous it could have been with those stomps!), it does have tambourine action, which serves nicely for claps to help punctuate the hos and heys.

the lumineers are an excellent americana band that remind me, in a way, of the head and the heart. they've got a similar sound--earnest vocals, unpolished music (i mean this in the very best way--there are no synths to kill or gloss over what's really going on), and lyrics that stick with you. it's . . . a party song, i think. a good time song. a feel good song that makes you think of excellent friends, cold beers, and joy.

i've been trying to do it right
i been living a lonely life
i been sleepin' here instead
i been sleepin' in my bed
i been sleepin' in my bed

so show me family
all the blood that i will bleed
i don't know where i belong
i don't know where i went wrong
but i can write a song

i belong with you, you belong with me
in my sweet home
i belong with you, you belong with me
im my

i don't think you're right for him
think of what it might have been if we
took a bus to chinatown
i'd be standin' on canal......and bowery
and she'd be standin' next to me

i belong with you, you belong with me
in my sweet home
i belong with you, you belong with me
in my sweet home

love we need it now
let's hope for some
cause oh, we're bleedin' out

i belong with you, you belong with me
in my sweet home
i belong with you, you belong with me
in my sweet home

have a listen to the daytrotter version of the song:

(mp3) ho hey by the lumineers

and now watch a video of the band singing it:



the lumineers self-titled debut album will be released in march 2012.