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...Apples’ careful use of enjambment: “But my / Body’s still moving,” Schneider sings, “When our / World is so confusing.” “No One in the World” also employs enticing rhythmic and dynamic variation, tricolon decrescendos slipping downward, followed by a tonally heightened resolution with quickened sixteenth notes. But even with these variations, the track’s trajectory remains flat, relying on a repetition of the chorus rather than achieving any kind of climax...
...album does not allow its music to fall into a comfortable formula, as each track differs notably from the others. Some tracks sport choral refrains while others feature heavily rhythmic rap-like lyrics—an element which has long been part of the band’s signature style. These tracks, especially “Four Seconds,” feature a large variety of rhythmic concoctions and utilize strong percussion pieces, adding a playful banter to the album. The album also incorporates slow tracks like “The Love We’re In” which...
Ellison, a blues man himself, seems most at home writing in Hickman’s rhythmic cadence, oftentimes lulling but punctuated with ecstatic outbursts of emotion. But he also finds resonant expression in the simple, clear voice of Bliss’s early memories and seems to favor this more restrained style in some of his later compositions. Recalling the love affair that would end in the birth of his son and future assailant, Bliss reflects: “High up the trees flurried with birdsong, and one clear note sang above the rest, a lucid soaring strand of sound...
What: Come enjoy an evening of rhythmic dancing sponsored by Harvard's first and only Irish dancing group, Corcairdhearg: The Harvard College Irish Dancers. Guest performers include Irish dancers from Tufts and Boston College, as well as Expressions Dance Company, The Pan-African Music and Dance Ensemble, The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers and more. Ticket's on sale now at the Harvard Box Office...
Ezra Pound once declared that to write free verse was “to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.” Free verse has become one of the dominant styles of poetry—encompassing the long rhythmic lines of Allen Ginsberg and the short, understated verse of current Poet Laureate Kay Ryan. Amid this prevalence of fluidity in poetic style, “Mean Free Path,” Ben Lerner’s third book of poetry, stands out in its reactionary innovation. “Mean Free...