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That's a nice cover! although I've never heard the original, so I'm not weighed down by any association with it. Don't get me wrong man... I think heartland was pretty good.. I love certain songs on the albu,. but others leave me a little cold... sometimes it feels to me that the electronics overwhelm the songs too much. I like it when he uses his violin to drive the songs, since this gives him a unique sense of time... almost classical in the way it moves.. and I felt like heartland, at times, lost what was unique about his songs, and made them a little too bland 'Red Sun no.5' for example, sounds more like Owen Pallett trying to write a Grizzly Bear/Department of Eagles song, while sacrificing what's unique about him. 'But on the other hand, Oh Heartland Up Yours!' and 'Lewis Takes Action' are two of his best songs.
Owen Pallett's cover is so good, sounds more like 'He Poos Clouds' than 'Heartland', which I was disappointed with after waiting so long for it... love how he buries his vocals in the mix, almost like water colour vocals... after 'peach, plum, pear', this dude really knows how to do a good cover! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02ompQhtY8&feature=related
Having said that, I guess it's difficult to know what to say in these types of situations
I've never understood why people say that. she's not "resting" she's dead... it's not like the "rest" is going to do her any good. It's sad that she's gone, she had a great voice
This is great by the way... as good as ever
for those not living in the right region... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PzXIeKeQU
yeah... lets all read into the publicity picture... that will lead to accurate assessments of a person's character
agreed... in particular on the verse
I agree. you can also tell that he cares alot about pushing himself to keep growing and discovering new sounds, and grow as a musician and arranger/songwriter... In this way, the Age of Ads album reminds me of Michigan, since it's sprawling and he seems to be having alot of fun exploring the new musical landscape that he has thrown himself into (in the case of michigan it was the more dense droney production after he had perfected his own style of minimalistic folk songs on Seven Swans), while also not losing the songs in the mix... i'd be pretty happy if his next album is the electronic equivalent of 'Illinois'
that bridge section is gun.. the clip is nice too
Such a brilliant song... don't know why the dude keeps saying that he's not interested in song craft anymore, only crafting sound... this song is brilliantly crafted
This is awesome!
Melody and vocal delivery Sounds a bit like John Lennon to me... particularly during the verse
agreed... just because they're popular doesn't mean they're bad.
'I will possess your heart' is the only song I like from Narrow Stairs
I got into Death Cab after 'Plans', which I think is a perfectly put together album of interesting, well arranged pop songs, with great lyrics. I really don't understand the hatred of that album, or the love of their earlier albums (but this is probably due to the fact I didn't hear their early albums first). I was fairly disappointed with Narrow Stairs, but so far I'm enjoying this album much more. I think Death Cab songs, in general, benefit from more of a studio focus. with an emphasis on layering of different textural sounds and arrangements, which I'd say was missing from their more stripped back (and, in my opinion) boring last album.
Not bad. I did this plus, replaced bloom with 'These twisted words' and the album sounds a whole lot stronger to me.