Category: Music
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The new (and last) Crowder album is out
My world is happy. Introducing Give Us Rest (Or a Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys]), by David Crowder* Band. (Although they did kinda phone in the album art — especially the typography.)
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Head-On: a mini, tragical rock opera consisting of three acts/tracks (and an epilogue)
An instant rock opera: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, by The Smiths Romeo on the Radio, by The Normals Mr. Ambulance Driver, by The Flaming Lips Epilogue: Plainsong, by The Cure Fin.
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Profound lyrics from Fleet Foxes
Really thoughtful stuff from Fleet Foxes, whose amazing album Helplessness Blues I’ve been listening to online for months and was just given for Christmas. These lyrics from their title track are worth reproducing in their entirety. This has a lot to do with what’s running through my head these days: I was raised up believing…
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What’s your final song?
If you had only these three to pick from, which of the following epic songs would you have played at your funeral? HoppÃpolla, by Sigur Rós Chariots of Fire, by Vangelis Plainsong, by The Cure I think this says a lot about a person. I have no idea what, but whatever it is, it’s probably…