Saturday, April 30, 2011
Was in Anthro and that "Sprawl" song came on. I've heard it before and was like "fine, whatever, yes, it's very good, can I go now plz", but -- maybe it was hearing it with such a good soundsystem, but the loveliness of its hypnotic shimmer was so overwhelming that I had to sit down. And that otherworldly, ecstatic voice! The total effect is transporting. Also enjoy the ironic contrast with the lyrics; I just did same in new song :/ not very original...oh well. Uncategorizable, excitingly original sound - closest analog I could think of was the lush rapturous sonic waterfall / wall-of-sound of Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?", which is always a good thing in the book of someone who first heard it 6 weeks after the death of a loved one, synchronized with visuals at points so beautiful she had to close her eyes for fear of losing consciousness, and did then and still do find in it a supernatural comfort. In that song, however, the music and lyrics could not be more congruent. Hey! It's still playing? Must remember to go see it in Milwaukee. Maybe I should just change the name of this blog to "I digress."
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