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Plus, you're in a band called the Fishmongers, which plays right into that image. Yes, the music itself is a pretty well-kept secret, and it's going to remain that way. I play guitar and piano. I'm just a strummer...
...either Sweeney has greater sonic similarities to the “Prince” than he used to, or Oldham has a firm hand in more than his credits suggest. Whatever the truth, it is a beautiful album, and Sweeney’s backing vocals and occasional stronger guitar pieces (relative to Oldham’s usual style) allow the album to explore entirely new branches of the Bonnie musical tree...
...turns out, can sing beautifully. Starting off with a spree of “Superwolf” tracks, Oldham, bearded and bald, and Sweeney, tall and mustachioed, stood shoulder to shoulder. While the former handled the majority of the singing while picking away at what looked like a guitar version of the McCartney style viola-base, the latter harmonized in a higher register while covering most of the guitar work himself. Indeed, Oldham would often swing his axe behind his back and concentrate on singing, switching between stances and making a variety of gestures with his hands that ranged from...
...self-directed, an expression of how trapped the band feels by the sound they created for themselves. Indeed, the song begins in the tower, in a musical style very similar to past releases, but as windmill-island emerges above the clouds the song shifts to a new jangly guitar-driven, genuinely pretty chorus. A new direction? Blur? Perhaps. Or perhaps their angel dust wasn’t so pure after...
...fast / Don’t go too slow / You’ve got to let your body flow”…oh so that’s how intercourse works. Thanks for the tip, T-Boz. Oh my god, is that a guitar solo? This is worse than being picked last for kickball...