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October 19, 2005
this town and Salamanca
Wind-Up Bird - Brainbowsstereo
This is something new from Joseph Grimm. Phased in such a way so that his(?) voice seems to be rotating very quickly around the more central drone, it gives the track the feel of a zoetrope- you only get a few quick glances at the deeper, heart-hollowed center of it. Coincidentally, I was listening to this song right before a Slowdive track ('Souvlaki Space Station' which was up on Stypod a little while ago), and it struck me that 'Brainbowsstereo' is like really tightly-packed shoegaze (white dwarf-gaze?)- but where Slowdive or MBV let their arcs and flares spiral out and away, Wind-Up Bird concentrates everything in a small space, loop upon loop, into a very involuted shape.
This is just an excerpt from a longer live vocal improv that was performed in Providence. Wind-Up Bird has a few more tracks for download (and some amazing videos) on the website, right here. Definitely go check it out. Hopefully a new record is on its way, soon. And if 'Brainbowsstereo' is any indication of the direction that Grimm is pursuing, the next LP is bound to be even more heartbreakingly pretty than "Whips".
Posted by Kevin at October 19, 2005 12:13 AM