Bodies of Water...making some waves
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Hey look, I did another interview! This one is with the crazily energetic, multiple voiced, spiritually engaged Bodies of Water, who released an album called Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink on their own imprint in July. Here's the beginning, as usual: "Any heat is bearable when you're near a body of water. That was Meredith Metcalf's thought sometime in the scorching summer of 2004, when she was talking to Jessie Conklin, her best friend and the drummer in a new band she and her husband had formed. The band had been named Death of the Unicorn up to that point, but the image of refreshing, sparkling water seemed more apropos, especially for a band whose joyous, spiritually-charged, and multi-voiced songs were just beginning to take shape. "Now, three years later, the band has just released its debut full-length, titled Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink. It is, indeed, aptly named, an almost overwhelming blend of soaring vocals, off-kilter melodies, and the sort of mad, dancing-in-the-streets energy of a Cecil B. DeMille production number. Comparisons to Polyphonic Spree get to the intricate counterpoints, and references to Danielson Family try to pin down the explosive, spiritual energy of the record. Yet, really, Bodies of Water is its own entity, channeling the rhythmic complexity and vocal pyrotechnics of 1940s gospel quartets and the elated experimentation of Tropicalia." (The rest here: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/43616/makes-some-waves-an-interview-with-bodies-of-water/)MP3 of "These Are the Eyes"http://www.bodiesofwater.net/songs/BodiesofWater-TheseAretheEyes.mp3



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