Something about Finn’s voice, that guy can cast a melancholic shadow over a tune even when the rest of the band lifts their pop-noir veils. And so it is with “Calliope,” a-break-from-the-bleak on the outstanding Nux Vomica, with a jaunting, happy hook that Andrews makes cry just a bit “to tell you you’re needed.” Keen director, then, sending long shadows out against the walls and infusing some anxiety with the stuttery, sped up film speed. Love this band.
Here are a couple of Stereogum faves from the record…
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Wow Wow Wow, thanks for this. Hadn’t had a chance to watch the video after hearing that they released it & I thoroughly enjoyed this.
god lord, that man…and that song! fucking perfect.
i’m with you, ‘gum.
love. this. band.
thank you for the constant veils praise. i don’t understand why they don’t have a huge following. p.s. fabchannel has an amazing live video of Jesus for the Jugular. but be warned, it could induce an orgasm.
that entire fabchannel concert is amazing
Good lord Finn Andrews is a fucking godhead
great stuff.