Blergh, Monday, late August, and when will this summer be over with? Perfect for a small group of songs featuring soothing, hypnotic voices and languid, lazy vibes, I’d say. I am drinking mint tea and sitting on a patio and listening to these songs and it all works. You should try it, too.
I know that a widow’s peak is like a hair thing, but I like to think of this Brooklyn band more like “widow speak” because they have this melancholy and reserve. It’s kind of beautiful that they’re covering Chris Isaak’s song here, and they do it almost too perfectly. I like their Mazzy Star-like feel, with a soft, sad girl singing and folk-y type guitars and drum backing it. I usually hate comparing one band to another, but in Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval’s case, they never put out records except once in a navy-blue moon, so if you’re jonesing for that vibe, then this is for you. Their new self-titled record is really lovely for late summer as well.
I have to be honest and admit that I totally checked this out based on the record cover. I mean, how can you resist? Look at that eyeliner and all the lovely pink roses! This song has a similar Nancy Sinatra-type feel to the cover, with a kind of world-weary yet lush feel. I do like it so, and the cover, too, maybe enough to make it my fall eye makeup concept inspiration.
St. Vincent makes what I call “elegant circus music,” a term I apply to this and maybe Fiona Apple’s later oeuvre: it’s very ornate, cerebral and kind of percolates with all kinds of odd flourishes. Some people have a hard time getting into St. Vincent for this reason, but if you’re in a kind of vintage-y mood, it absolutely works. (And she was our first nogoodforme interview, so I will always heart her for that.) Something about “Surgeon” feels like a bit of a change, though, particularly in the voice: it seems both stronger and more delicate and nuanced. The first part is this kind of 90s boutique-chic sound that is all smooth, but the second half is classic St. Vincent: doll-like, odd, unexpected.
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Tags: black eyeliner icons, elegant circus music, Hope Sandoval, Lana del Rey, Mazzy Star, St. Vincent, Widowspeak
Genial eu aqui do outro lado de vocês ouvir e lendo um passado tão presente um bonito e trazendo muitos postagens que desconhecia . sucesso
I was wondering why Wicked Game sounded so familiar. I’m sure I haven’t recently heard the original, though it looks like it’s everywhere (thanks wikipedia) but it’s also covered by some video artist Pipilotti Rist in a piece at the Museum of Contemporary Art here in Chicago that I recently saw. Here: http://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/now/2011/261
ooooh, i have to hurry to see that MCA exhibition!! and to hear pipilotti’s version. xo k.
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