There's a neat video for the album version, collaging the lyrics into the action of the song. The last video I saw make that much interwoven use of text was Amanda Palmer's "Want It Back," and even that felt fundamentally different: the ink in that one is a living, contagious entity, while here the words are just stamped onto the scene, sometimes subtitle, sometimes commentary. The jagged shadow cut-outs remind me of some experimental films from the '20's, which is a good thing.
(I've not given Is This Desire? the listening time it deserves, and I'll rectify that tonight.)
The B-sides from that album are all very strong: "The Northwood," "The Bay," "Instrumental #3," "Nina in Ecstasy," "The Faster I Breathe the Further I Go." It's her most literary album, I think; most of the songs are stories even if they're not explicitly referencing J.D Salinger or Flannery O'Connor, as many of them are. I can't listen to it without thinking of my apartment in New Haven, sitting at my desk the first time I heard any of the songs. I'm all right with that by now. It feels like a strange season.
I love To Bring You My Love beyond reasonable measure and I think that is appropriate.
Let me know your song of choice!
Argh. All right, since "White Chalk" itself is the obvious choice, how about "Grow Grow Grow"?
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There's a neat video for the album version, collaging the lyrics into the action of the song. The last video I saw make that much interwoven use of text was Amanda Palmer's "Want It Back," and even that felt fundamentally different: the ink in that one is a living, contagious entity, while here the words are just stamped onto the scene, sometimes subtitle, sometimes commentary. The jagged shadow cut-outs remind me of some experimental films from the '20's, which is a good thing.
(I've not given Is This Desire? the listening time it deserves, and I'll rectify that tonight.)
The B-sides from that album are all very strong: "The Northwood," "The Bay," "Instrumental #3," "Nina in Ecstasy," "The Faster I Breathe the Further I Go." It's her most literary album, I think; most of the songs are stories even if they're not explicitly referencing J.D Salinger or Flannery O'Connor, as many of them are. I can't listen to it without thinking of my apartment in New Haven, sitting at my desk the first time I heard any of the songs. I'm all right with that by now. It feels like a strange season.
I love To Bring You My Love beyond reasonable measure and I think that is appropriate.
Let me know your song of choice!
Argh. All right, since "White Chalk" itself is the obvious choice, how about "Grow Grow Grow"?