- musically, they sound confident, yet as a band, due to the suddent change in keyboardist, they were breakable -- fragile
- very experimental
- ridiculously technically accomplished
- looking at humanity from far away - cover
4 full band compositions:
Roundabout
South Side of the Sky
Long Distance Runaround
Heart of the Sunrise
Between them are little musical portraits of the individual musicians.
Lot's of Piano -- feels very spiritual and nature
lot's of journey's in nature that are mirroring the emotional state of the singers -- kinda like romanticism
Order emerging from chaos
- constantly makes you think the music is about to fall apart
- different rhythms, abrupt interruptions
- guitar, bass, piano, drums, vocals
1. absolutely love the guitar intro, a magical gateway, great song for traveling, journey with roundabouts and mountains and lakes
2. classical arrangement, adaptation of brahms fourth symphony, crazy to interleave rock and classical music - piano guy
3. experimental vocal; transcendence - vocal guy
4. Again nature element, polar-expedition, environment is hostile, halfway through piano enters, leads to serenity
5. very experimental, jazz kinda, rhythmically ridiculous and intentionally disorienting - drums guy
6. questioning religious ideas, spiritual searching, instruments having separate conversations
7. lots of bass, layered, keeps on growing - bass guy
8. guitar, spanish influences? - guitar guy
9. alienation in modern city, crazy and intense intro, civilization isnt comforting,
Listen when: you want an experimental, otherworldly journey that feels bigger than you.
groovy
stand up for what u believe (recorded year after MLK assassination)
a lot of the songs feel very communal, its about the us not me. the third song for instance, there is no conventional narrative and singers trade vocals
very upbeat album overall, makes u immediately happy. a warm hug
Really like Sing a Simple Song
political
when u want to feel hopeful
very danceable
- released on his 69th birthday and he died 2 days later cuz of cancer (an illness he had kept private)
1. sounds like a weird ritual, deeply unsettingly, trance-like
around the middle it changes -- beautiful section
maybe about the idea of death being transformation and not a definite ending
2. chaotic, messy, full of life, weird
3. lazarus - biblical guy that returned from death
he stil didnt know cancer was terminal
he is still performing, creating characters
4. like a noir story
i dont feel safe listening idk
5. where has time gone?
communication barrier almost
6. vulnerable, emotional, the vibe of the album changes
longing for more time and chances to do things
7. acceptance? that he will never fully be able to explain himself and his work over the years
when u want to disappear into something dark, mysterious, and otherworldly
