Reporting from the usual, it's about 21:18, and I don't know why but I feel most comfortable to blog about music when I'm in the office with my Senny's on.
Anyway, if you recognise the lyrics from the title then you're of a special breed, a Verve fan :) (not The Verve Pipe..) Blue is such a powerful song, not just because of all the background sound accompanying the lyrics, but the lyrics itself and the way Ashcroft delivers it, he's definitely not the best singer in the word, but eee by gum the timing and intonations of his voice strikes deep in my soul. I love how this track sounds abit Stone Roses-esque as well.
I just got the Verve's new album a few days ago, but have only listened to it through a couple of times. I really enjoyed Love is Noise, Valium Skies and Noise Epic which is exactly what it is, EPIC NOIIIIIIISE, the last 3 seconds of this 8 minute long, shoegazing journey is effing brill (WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP,) I love the character their music has, a sort of chaotic edge to it. I am abit dissapointed however, 'cause their sound hasn't evolved that much from Urban Hymns; if you cast your music player back to their first 2 or 3 albums, yeah you can definitely see the progression they've had (though the Jesus & Mary Chain fan in me still loves their full-on shoegazing, distortion filled anthems) but, if you've split with your band for 6 years or so, and you finally get back together and get your fans are jumping up and down, least you could do is try and push the frontier a little. But, all in all, can't really complain.. if it ain't broke don't fix it as the cliche goes..
Here's a good site for downloading mp3's (just between you and I okay? ;))
I'll link a few Verve songs here now.
- Come On - The middle bit of the song is worth it.. listen to this if you like Phil Spector, wall-of-sound type songs. It's got such rock n roll momentum..
- Velvet Morning - Retro feel to it, such a sweet and happy melody.
- Catching the Butterfly - One of my favourites.. an ode to hoping.. and just dreaming in general. Put it on your 'listen-before-sleeping' playlist.
- Space and Time - "We have existence and it's all we can share.."
- Weeping Willow - Another melancholic anthem, "Weeping willow.. the gun under your pillow"
- This is Music - Distortion-surrounded, dont-give-a-fuck, nonsensical anthem.
- A Northern Soul - I like this track just cause of the opening, it's got such a monster sound to it, it's like the guitar slashes a gaping hole in you, then the amp sprays salt and spits in the wound. Listen to this especially if you're a Northener ;)
Right, that's enough Verve-milk spouting from my music-mammarial glands. I might review an album or somethin' later on tonight, cheers for reading!
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Chaosers, bowsers;
Love, the Prayon Kid.
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