“…the physical nature of faith is audible: how, if you ever get even a taste of it, you feel it in your bones. And in your extremities, and in your senses, and in your reflexes. Religious music that doesn’t convey this aspect of faith isn’t necessarily a failure; I’m not about to condemn Gregorian chant [...]
I’m blogging through the series of videos made to accompany the album Flying Club Cup by Beirut (aka Zach Condon and band). Song #6 is The Penalty. Here’s the video:
These Flying Club Cup videos have been a journey through a mythic Brooklyn, Brooklyn as a musical landscape in Zach’s mind, where he (and perhaps he [...]
“Sometimes following John [Darnielle - lead singer of the Mountain Goats] is like…I mean, we’re in the South…sometimes following John is a little like following Jesus. It’s very difficult, sometimes rewarding, and sometimes you wake up and you go, ‘Why the hell am I at a snake handling church?’”
- stage patter from Perry Wright from [...]
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