Maritime "We Don't Think, We Know" from We, the Vehicles Live at Club 770 Madison, WI Mar 24, 2006

It's really unfortunate that Maritime's second record, We, the Vehicles, took six months to come out in the US following its Japanese release. It's loaded with good songs and potential singles, and could've been the kind of break-through record that Death Cab's We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes was way back when, except every indie rock nerd on the planet downloaded it last October. Hopefully that translates into touring success for them -- it's certainly the reason I was so excited to see them at MadisonFest -- but US sales are definitely not going to be what they could've been.

This song, early in the set, was sandwiched between my two favorite Maritime songs, "Someone Has to Die" (from Glass Floor) and "Tearing Up the Oxygen." I didn't much mind not recording those, though, as this is one of my favorites, too. The song and the clip are both good indicators of the quick, fun energy the band is able to dive right into.