My Morning Download 3/8/09 - Graham Parker and Air
My Morning Download presents two new cool things for your digital
music collection today. First up, a new song from Air's new album
Pocket Symphony. Here's what John Diliberto, host of Echoes wrote
about the album for Amazon.com:
"Some bands like to thwart expectations, and Air is one of them.
"Spacemaker," the opening of Pocket Symphony, sounds like a cousin to
their instrumental retro-lounge "La Femme D'Argent" from 1998's Moon
Safari, right down to the electric bass break in the middle. But this
isn't a return to their breakthrough sound. "Spacemaker" really does
pave the way for an almost classically somnolent outing from the
French duo. Air once proclaimed, "In any classical song you can take
five seconds of it and make a loop and you make a great pop song with
it." I think they took that to heart on an album that echoes Debussy,
Bach, and Reich, but which also contains a Beatlesque eclecticism
redolent of Revolver. But instead of the Beatles' Indian flourishes,
Air look to Japan, using a plucked koto on a couple of tracks, but
also a zen garden sense of sonic placement. Although Jarvis Cocker
from Pulp and Neil Hannon of Divine Comedy sing on a couple of
tunes--adding some emotional gravitas--Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit
Dunckel do most of the vocalizing in their preternatural
Munchkins-on-Quaaludes lisp. Air are known for their chilled
melancholy, but the mood of Pocket Symphony is introspectively somber.
Pocket Symphony won't yield any pop hits, but it could be the
soundtrack to endless rainy afternoons."
Once Upon A Time - Air
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The legendary Graham Parker is still rocking strong after 31 years
since his the release of his now classic debut, Howlin' Wind. On March
13th he releases his new album Don't Tell Columbus on Bloodshot
Records
Stick To The Plan - Graham Parker
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