Stumbling through...
I am: a poet, an idealist, a realist, a lover of life, an extroverted introvert, a seeker of challenges. I don't want to just walk through life but, rather, dance, laugh, cry & stumble through.
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All Night Benders and Other Such Information...
I've been on a crazy, months-long-all-night-listening bender of the New
Pornographers lately.
And the best part: All of their songs DO NOT sound the same. I'm not going
to go into a long technical rant but I will point out why they're so damn
good. I'll stick to their album entitled Challengers because it's the one,
thus far, I've most explored. That's the great thing about music, once you
fall in love with an album, there are usually more to follow thus allowing for a
very long, very passionate relationship with a favored band... Highlights from Challengers: ** Adventures in Solitude. This song is a union of voices, melodies &
lyrics. Every aspect (vocal, tone, rhythm, etc.) is in perfect synergy and
it echoes off itself, making for a unique and spiritually tender
quality. It just makes me happy. If songs were a facial expression, this
one would be a smile, a tiny upward curve of lips, not because it's a happy
song (lyrically it's not) but because the sounds are pure and bright. ** Challengers. Love at first sound. Most songs require multiple listens
before you can truly appreciate/become attached, but this one is so good it
doesn't need the courtship. Plus it highlights the myriad struggles faced in
relationships, a tedious subject, I know, but one they handle in an
effortless way, making it much more an artistic expression than a true
rendering of reality. Still, that's why we have art, right? To make our
challenges seem pretty and deep so we don't feel we've wasted all this
effort for nothing. ** Myriad Harbor. This song is urban/sexy/funky/fun. If songs were shoes
this would be a pair of brown vintage boots. If chocolate, it'd be a
chocolate-covered cherry: all messy and sweet. The male vocals are haughty
and wonderful, instantly transporting you to the packed New York streets
with all its style and buzzing energy. ** Failsafe. This song has a great beat. A great beat. To be honest, I've
no clue what it's about but it doesn't matter, you'll still want to dance
around your room, arms flailing about. ** Unguided. Poetic, ephemeral, beautiful, moving. This is a song to get
lost in. I hope to inspire you to check out their music or, at the very
least, gently remind you of the joy in discovering new sounds. Happy
listening. May your ears be thankful...
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