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I've forgotten how multiple-posting feels like. How incredibly revealing of the fact that I haven't much to write.
BHP's debut album's track titles contain "heart" seven out of eleven times. Release My Heart (not posted) was my introduction to the band ten years ago.
I wake up, turn off the alarm. I look outside so that I know what to wear. I take a shower. With soap. ... Sometimes I cry for no reason. ... I wake up. I get dressed. I take my meds. ... I eat breakfast but I don't read the paper. It confuses me, which makes me mad. I wake up...
~Voice-over from the golden boy turned brain-damaged protagonist of The Lookout
Comments (13)
i heart the besnard lakes... nice song selection.
I agree...that Besnard Lakes track was interesting
I'm listening now to Besnard Lake....you know, the two words "dark horse" are forever linked in my mind with George Harrison....and damn if this doesn't have a George type vibe n feel...Sort of a late sixties Blue Jay Way ambience...does this factor into my assessment? Of course! How could it not? I like the track.
Great wash of sound on the Lakes. I hear that bluejay guitar too.
The vocals have a kind of chamber sound that remind me of the Beach Boys.
The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse is an awesome record.
Yes. I hear that too. It takes me back and settles me in the present. It's altogether fascinating.
I was amazed at how little I had to say when I mogged everyday this past Sept. ilay. Then again, when you post daily, it becomes difficult to find something interesting to post about.
I feel sorry for that The Black Heart Procession track since it's not getting any love being up against that Besnard track. Have to agree w/ the general consensus though. Still 'Blue Water Black Heart' is quite a beautiful & simple song.
Fascinating sounds, but I'm most intrigued by your mention of "The Lookout," one of the most affecting dramas (and, as a bonus, a heist film!) I've seen in years. I don't think I'm going out on a limb to suggest that Joseph Gordon Levitt is one of the finest actors of his gen - and will probably be awarded an Oscar at some point in the next decade or so. (Little Tommy Solomon. Who'd have guessed?)
Mike - me, too! Are the Dark House is a definite favorite of mine from 2007. i am totally with you on the chamber sound.
GR - it's hard to pick favorites in the record. from Disaster all the way to the end, it's all good.
Jeff - eureka! the Blue Jay Way ambience, and the late Sixties, is a lot present in the album although he does this falsetto that brings the music closer to the new crop of, well, falsettos. wow, thanks for that great observation.
Spike - not to mention that "wash of sound" is indeed becoming of the music. 'nuther good 'un!
Aug - bah! i was really feeling BHP as of posting. i got into another Nineties mode (ISENIH) after Ida and The Delgados and, boy, i love 1.
Mike - another high-5ing moment! i so dug The Lookout and, more importantly, i heart Joseph Gordon Levitt (as scotfree is my witness; mentioned it to him before). i also loved him in Rian Johnson's Brick, and the movie itself - teenage noir, what's not to love?
Yep. "Brick" rocked, too. As did JG-L's work in "Manic," his first featured part after the kid role on the sit-com "3rd Rock from the Sun." I'd say that playing off a renowned actor such as John Lithgow, even on a goofy TV series, didn't hurt the boy's development.
Mike, ooh, i haven't seen Manic, better start looking. you're right, all that Lithgowness rubbed off on him. i once chanced upon his personal website, where he also talks about being in a band (or maybe a solo artist). intense kid...