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Bows and Arrows
Bows and Arrows surpasses the Walkmen’s stellar debut, the intermittently charming and haunting Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone—and that’s saying a lot. Equal parts lilting lullaby and drunken caterwaul, Bows and Arrows sounds like the demented brainchild of...
Songs on Bows are cinematic—thick, sweeping layers of piano, guitar and organ produce compelling vignettes that dwarf the simplicity of lyrics. Hamilton Leithauser’s vocals glide and soar behind a scratchy veil, adding poignancy to the mundane actions and thoughts he sings about. On break...
Inspired by his luscious, repressed female host—you could cut the sexual tension with an intricately engraved sword—Algren takes up arms against his former employers, the easily manipulated emperor and his evil American advisers. The only problem, from a narrative standpoint, is that the audience...
In the end, the samurai--whose honor demands that they fight only with swords, bows and arrows--must go against an army of howitzers and Gatling guns. It's a great set piece, both militarily and cinematically, and one that allows us to mix shreds of hope with our doomy...