A new album from Vista Blue based on the first season of the acclaimed television series based on the popular motion picture based on the iconic Buzz Bissinger book Friday Night Lights is absolutely something I want and need in my life. Clear Eyes, Full Hearts will release on April 5th — the tenth anniversary of Vista Blue's very first release, Good Eye. There's something wonderfully poetic about a group that is often dismissed as a "baseball band" commemorating a decade of its existence with a full album of football-themed songs. In advance of the album, the band has made the track "She Doesn't Wanna Be Your Rally Girl" available for you listening pleasure. In typical Vista Blue fashion, this track is such an exhilarating and infectious slice of pop-punk that it absolutely won't matter if you've never seen Friday Night Lights. While I have no problem liking dozens of pop-punk bands who essentially write the same song over and over for years and years, I must admit that Vista Blue's lyrical originality completely delights me. Who else in this universe would think of making this album? It's just a super-fun idea. Vista Blue, well-known to turn to sports or popular culture for musical inspiration, will be drawing from both on this album. Given how inclined I am to geek out over a great number of things, it's no surprise that Vista Blue is one of my favorite bands. I get it if you wish these guys wrote more love songs. But if you write about what you love, isn't every song a love song? Now when are we getting a song about Abita AndyGator?
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