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                Avril Lavigne premiered her new song, Alice, that will feature on the soundtrack of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Movie and soundtrack, Almost Alice, will be out this March. There is also a video for Lavigne’s song, that we’ll get to see these following weeks. This is the first single off of the soundtrack.

                The song, written especially for the movie, reveals a more Alanis Morissette side of the Canadian pop-punk princess, as it is, vocally, based on that strong female type of screaming, uttering lyrics like “I’ll get by, I’ll survive”. The marching beat really sets the song as some kind of anthem and there are plenty of atmospheric synths to suggest the surreal of the story. “This is such a cool project to be a part of”, said the singer-songwriter in a short video also posted on her official website. That’s also the place where you can listen to:

ALICE

Do you get depressed when you’re drunk ? If you are one of those persons, then you really shouldn’t listen to this feel-good/feel-drunk/feel-high hit. The Canadian collective Bran Van 3000, composed of a lot of hands and voices, have certainly did their job in the history of music by giving us this magical “put your hands in the air and a joint between your fingers” chillout piece. Constructed on a what could be a hip-hop beat, Drinking in L.A. could very well be the anthem of the slaker culture of the 90′s, the musical version of a Richard Linklater underground cult movie. It’s a weird mix of guitars and background wailing choral voices and spoken lyrics that generates a special kind of brand of Hollywood bohemianism. It’s quite a reflective ballad. The chorus (“What the hell I am doing drinking in L.A. at 26 ?”) is the question that every confused ex-teenager might ask himself, of course changing L.A. to whatever his location is. It’s about seeing your life melting away, but still not finding the ambition to start doing something, despite plenty of false beginnings (“But we did nothing, absolutely nothing that day”). It will get you a bit melancholic, but it will also make wanna light a new one and enjoy the weather. At least, for today. If it means anything to you, it’s one of Moby’s favourite tracks.

MUSIC VIDEO FOR Drinking in L.A.