So, I got up this morning and didn’t know what to do, or where I’d get the motivation to do it. So, what do I do? I sit at my computer. This is the default action that I perform when there is no alternate stimulus to draw me into something else. Anyway, where do I go on my computer? The music player and the internet. Then, listening to the new CD’s I have to review, I realized that writing up reviews would be a productive and acceptable endeavor. So without further stalling, here’s my first review for next week.
Artist: Andrew Bird
Title: Armchair Apocrypha
A consistently mellow mélange of violin, whistling, and minimal guitar. Unlike his previous album “Mysterious Production of Eggs”, there’s no magical singles that roar into existence with ethnic/indie flair (Skin is My, Fake Palindromes), there’s also no 2 to 3 songs in one song rambling either. “Heretics” (4) makes slight allusions to “Fake Palindromes” using its violin bits. The witty lyrics this time around involve being grateful that “It’s Fatal”, thank god. The chill break beats and wafting violin of “Simple X” (7) made it my favorite track on the album. “Scythian Empire” has a gentle multi-folk-instrumental-build that bounces like a bike ride through a small European town. This time around Andrew Bird doesn’t knock your socks off, he carefully pulls them off. Either way, you’re still barefoot.
Simple X Live at Bonnaroo
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