HWGM, redux (and in town)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Luke Temple’s voice sure sounds like Paul Simon’s on a few of his tracks as Here We Go Magic, but this ain’t no Kodachrome. I wrote a bit more about the new album here, and if I were to craft a more direct metaphor to a form of media it resembles, or to the resulting representation, I’d say “ultrasound”: all the rhythms are globular, the colors are extremely limited (to like, two or three) and the songs float around at a distance, sort of resembling a lot of stuff, but congealing into recognizable shapes (there’s an arm!) the more and more you listen to it. This might sound strange for such a light song, but I’ve played “Fangela” more than any other song this year, if my iTunes play-ometer is correct. You can hear it by clicking on the little lala.com player attached to the review linked above (rad! rad!), and for Bloomingtonites, hopefully he’ll play it tonight at the Cinemat.
Filed under: bloomingtopia ego-trip Here We Go Magic Pictureplane Pitchfork upcoming shows
Unless you’re new to the site, Pitchfork’s undergone quite a little re-launch. It’s been jittery for a day or so, but today felt like the first day where everything was new and sort of exciting. Maybe it’s because that huge, annoying Apple ad’s gone. Also, track reviews have returned! I’ve got one of a guy called Pictureplane here. Oh, and all the columns are linked together in one space here, which is important for like, me.
i played luke temple’s solo debut for a friend back when it first came out, and his first observation was that his voice sounded a lot like simon’s.
the more things change, the more they stay the same, right?