And so we may die peacefully (Anomalous Appendages)

I'm delighted you guys started posting. Many thanks out to you all.

This week has been intense, hectic, physically, emotionally and of course, musically.

It's startling how sometimes you shilly-shally through your day and every little thing seems out of place, like dropped from separate puzzles, incapable of fitting together. Despite this seething kerfuffle of worried thoughts I chanced upon Andrew Bird's Noble Beast which had been lounging in my ipod for a while.
Andrew always amazes me with his beautifully written lyrics, soothing though not devoid of tension. It's highly-strung, strongly emotional, in an outstanding and very mature way.
"Love of hate acts as an axis
First it wanes and then it waxes
So procreate and pay your taxes"
I never found the timbre of his voice that compelling on his previous albums (don't get me wrong, he does sing sublimely, I'm only talking about the colour of his falsetto and tremolos). On Noble Beast, he croons with less pomposity, at turns subdued and peppy, at times slowing down, fading out into quivering moans. Some bits remind me of Thom Yorke's wobbly sobs. For some reasons, the whole airy vibe alludes to my beloved Midlake (look them up if you haven't already, the album Trials Of Van Occupanther is a killer, and they'll be playing Grand Mix on april 15 by the way.)



You might fancy this live version of the same song (recently recorded at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis) :



Well, I admit he bears a fairly dire barnet but so it goes.
I'd be chuffed to have him around France someday soon.

I'm afraid this saturday doesn't look as promising as last week end's menu. It's no reason to chin down, on the contrary, it'll be the occasionto shrug off the routine and improvise.
As a pump-up, you might need this exceedingly bouncy, hip-shaking, bum-grooving remix of Dragonette by these lovely Cavaliers of Fun:



See you around (maybe tonight ?)