On Noble Beast, you hear the sound of the maestro at his most relaxed, as he loosens his grip on the reins, allowing melodies to blossom at their own pace. In their place you’ll find breezy melodies, acoustic instrumentation, and songs that easily stretch out to six or seven minutes in length. Gone are the sonically generous compositions, as well as much of the apocalyptic subject matter and black humor of that record. If Armchair Apocrypha was Bird’s reaction against his previous albums’ string-heavy bent, then his latest full-length, Noble Beast, in turn serves as a reaction against Armchair Apocrypha.
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The end result was a densely layered record full of grandiose, complex melodies, memorable hooks, and clever couplets. This also allowed Bird to use a more varied pallet, bringing in more electric guitar, electronics, and keys than he had used in the past. That’s not to say that there was little violin on the album, but rather that Bird’s virtuosic playing was showcased somewhat conservatively, thereby increasing its impact. In retrospect, then, it should be equally unsurprising that on Armchair Apocrypha, Bird’s 2007 full-length, the violin often took a back seat to other instruments. In the 30 or so years since then, however, he’s managed to become proficient at playing a number of other instruments - the guitar, the mandolin, the glockenspiel - and has even mastered both the use of his own voice and the sound of his whistle. That’s not surprising when you consider the fact that Bird first picked up a violin at the age of four. Posted in Trendspotting | Tagged andrew bird, arcade fire, can't you wait, christopher owens, delayer, elvis costello, geographer, girls, hellhole ratrace, innocent ghosts, lost in the light, lust for life, san francisco indie music, the heavenly states, the hold steady | Leave a commentįollow Twitter Me: ProjectLincoln: Says it all.ĬA recall results vs COVID heat map.The violin has always played a central role in Andrew Bird’s music. Take a listen to ‘ Lost in the Light‘ from their self-produced album Delayer. Their vibe is wholly different with a pure, straight up rock sound reminiscent to The Hold Steady. Oakland-based The Heavenly States is also a contender in the 2008 SF Weekly Music Awards in the Indie Rock category. He’s got all the qualities of an eccentric rock star and sounds like Elvis Costello to boot. I’m so intrigued by lead singer, Christopher Owens, in both his personal style and vocals. We’ll find out later this week if they take the prize. Their debut album, Lust for Life, is one of the contenders for the 2008 SF Weekly Music Awards. This is my favorite San Francisco indie rock band at the moment. Their new album Innocent Ghosts released this summer and is getting good attention. San Francisco-based Geographer have that lush baroque pop sound that draws lots of comparisons to Andrew Bird and Arcade Fire.
Posted in Spanking New Music | Tagged andrew bird, exclusive stream, noble beast | 1 Comment From the Basement: White Denim Stream Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast in it’s entirety here. Be sure to catch Andrew Bird at The Fillmore in San Francisco, February 19 and 20. Another beautiful record from the amazingly talented Andrew Bird. In the meantime, Fat Possum Records and Andrew Bird are offering an exclusive preview of the entire Noble Beast release on NPR music. A deluxe version of the album, Noble Beast/Useless Creatures, will also be released that date, packaged with a second disc of instrumental works, featuring collaborations with Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche and jazz bassist Todd Sickafoose.
Noble Beast, Andrew Bird’s long awaited follow-up to Armchair Apocrypha, will be available January 20th. tillman, james blue, merriweather post pavillion, my girls, noble beast, oh no, robert pollard, submarines of stockholm, the crawling distance, vacilando territory blue | Leave a comment From the Basement: Andrew Bird
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