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...lazy steel guitar eventually drift in, but they never overwhelm Bejar’s poetry. “Introducing Angels” is perhaps the most simplistic song, but it’s also the most straightforwardly beautiful. The lines are literally punctuated by sighs. Strings swell to the song??s climax, piano tinkles in the background, and the whole song seems to swoon. In this same vein, the Yo La Tengo-esque “My Favorite Year,” with its pulsating drone, high-pitched echoes, and swirling piano, proves that Bejar can still write...
...Despite Kroeber’s inventiveness, the best songs of the album are more melody-driven and feature simpler rhythmic elements. In “Undeclared,” the understated percussion allows Long’s finger-picking to keep time and his melody to receive emphasis. The song??s simplicity only makes its chronicle of unspoken love that much more beautiful. Though more in line with the rest of the album stylistically, second track “Red and Purple” proves nearly as enjoyable as “Undeclared...
...wife and it’s my life,” and all Jay’s been able to come up with is, “Just for one night, baby, take me in vein”? Really? Perhaps as a function of how tired the song??s subject matter is, the video for “I Know” is massively underwhelming. Andelman’s boundless creativity manifests itself in such never-before-seen depictions of drug use as: elaborate and beautiful hallucinations, the use of a Timothy Leary-esque color palette, and?...
...from the bottom of a sewer.“We Call Upon the Author” begins a searing second act with a snarling Cave reciting a list of grievances against an ambivalent God. Yet again, the finger of blame points at Cave, who seems to bring down the song??s misery around himself (with bizarre imagery like “myxomatoid kids”); his wandering mind can’t quite convey his intended points (“Prolix! Prolix! / Nothing a pair of scissors can’t fix!”). The music built...
...experiences in Afghanistan. Second song “Masood” details the story of a 16-year-old whom Costello befriended during his time in Kabul. After the boy’s father died suddenly, Masood was left as the head of his family. The song??s lyrics, such as “I lied awake thinking of the hope that’s laid on me,” perfectly lay out the heartbreaking reality of this story and the situation in Afghanistan. Musically, the song builds to a sweeping climax worthy of Arcade Fire...