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April 02, 2007
the isles of chattery
Land of Talk - Speak to Me Bones
So I've been listening to this EP from Land of Talk for the past few weeks, and I finally, finally pinned down the sound of Elizabeth's voice. She sings with a sweet, sore throat sultriness (does anyone else enjoy this phenomenon of how sick voices sound kind of sexier? or is it just me?), and it's enchanting, in a (admittedly) strange way. 'Speak to Me Bones' is a good example of this, but an even better example is the precious 'Summer Special', which is an irresistible lyrical tangle of non-sequiturs and odd imagery ("isn't summer special/easy hair/relax it wasn't walked right"...or "look at those girls/so young, so young/still piss their pants"), and in which Elizabeth's voice sounds like a dead ringer for Kim Deal's (circa the Breeders' 'Drivin' on 9'). The EP ("Applause Cheer Boo Hiss") is solid and cathcy and everything, but for their full-length, I'd like to hear more sore throat, maybe a little less guitar.
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Contest Results
Congratulations to Afton Woodward (Au Revoir Simone, '(A Violent Yet) Flammable World'), who won the Sunny Day in Glasgow contest, and a copy of the band's album, "Scribble Mural Comic Journal". There were a lot of really great entries, and I'd like to single out a few (actually a lot) of them and the springtime songs they chose (you could make a nice, surprising little mix from these entries):
Jennifer- Patty Griffin, 'Sweet Lorraine'
Sal - Jackson 5, 'I Want you Back', and Sunset Rubdown, 'Day in the Graveyard'
Jade - Belle and Sebastian, 'I Don't Love Anyone'
Gary- T. Rex, 'Hot Love'
Brad- Legends, 'Call it Ours'
Mark - Four Tet, 'Hilarious Movie of the 90s'
Jacqui- Susanna McCorkle, 'Waters of March'
Eric- Sondre Lerche, 'Don't Be Shallow'
Thom- A Silver Mt. Zion, 'Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling from the Sky'
John- Jonathan Coulton, 'First of May'
Jamie- Belle and Sebastian, 'I'm A Cuckoo'
Ian- John Fahey, 'Sunflower River Blues'
[B&S seems to be a natural fit for Spring] Thanks to everyone who entered, I really enjoyed reading what you wrote about your seasonal favorites.
P.S. my personal choice for a springtime song currently is Do Make Say Think's 'In Mind'. The guitars in that burn and flutter, and the voices sort of hatch out from within the song- I can't get enough of it.
Posted by Kevin at 07:47 AM | Comments (0)