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January 24, 2009
Blue Sky, Bluish
As I like to do when I walk my dog alone, I use music for a personal soundtrack to the suburban surroundings around me. I can safely assume that everyone reading these words is familiar with the inherent obsessiveness of music bloggers, be it words, sharing, music, or all three. Another unenterprising hypothesis would be that you probably read other music blogs. And yet another would be my preemptive guess of what you might predict I was listening to, which if you said Animal Collective's new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, you would be correct. Music bloggers, heh.
Though I've listened to MPP almost exclusively these last two weeks, I paused on this track today during the aforementioned stroll. Colorado is enjoying a beautiful day today. A sun drenched, blue sky betrays the crispness of the winter air and its lingering bite. January continues holding court according to the calendar and as sure as the sun will soon retreat for the day, taking the mercury readings down with it, summer is still months away. The peaceful, gentle vibe of this song elevated my quiet neighborhood from a scene of Anytown, USA to a bucolic paradise of doting lovers chasing after each other. A love song by any other name, and just one of the many not immediately obvious standouts from the record.
So far MPP is the de rigueur album, as it were, of this young year. Things happen for a reason however, and if you haven't yet dove in, there's no time like the present to get involved with this ever-evolving band and the fantastic artistry their compositions provide. They don't skimp on the lyrics either, so bonus if you can make them out. (Previous post links to a full album review from fellow M.S. writer Jeff Klingman for Brooklyn's L Magazine - check it.)
Posted by Merry Swankster at January 24, 2009 07:01 PM
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