how can you open a song with those words? sigh. 'augustine'.
ok now for the good songs of inland territory.
vienna has another strong album opener here. just a most beautiful piece, 'the last snowfall'. i like the grainy sounding drumbeats, and the subtle 5/4 beat.
st. stephen's cross is impressive. it's kinda post-rockish, but i do like the sound effects in the middle, and the 6 and 9 beat times.
antebellum is classic vt - swelling, uplifting piano scales. lovely tune. the two-part melody towards the end is probably one of the best things alex and vienna have ever done, even if alex sounds a bit weak.
i like kansas. just for the tune. love the brassy in another life. stray italian grayhound would be even greater if the bridge didn't sound like a jap anime theme with the cliched strings. it's good.
grandmother song was really impressive on the first couple of listens. the gypsy feel, handclaps, lyrics flowing straight out of alicia keys' 'a woman's worth' into the bridge. on repeated listens it sounded abrasive and i switched to beirut instead. sorry.
and i'll say right here and now that 'no gringo' deserves a post by itself. it's a gem.
ok now for the good songs of inland territory.
vienna has another strong album opener here. just a most beautiful piece, 'the last snowfall'. i like the grainy sounding drumbeats, and the subtle 5/4 beat.
st. stephen's cross is impressive. it's kinda post-rockish, but i do like the sound effects in the middle, and the 6 and 9 beat times.
antebellum is classic vt - swelling, uplifting piano scales. lovely tune. the two-part melody towards the end is probably one of the best things alex and vienna have ever done, even if alex sounds a bit weak.
i like kansas. just for the tune. love the brassy in another life. stray italian grayhound would be even greater if the bridge didn't sound like a jap anime theme with the cliched strings. it's good.
grandmother song was really impressive on the first couple of listens. the gypsy feel, handclaps, lyrics flowing straight out of alicia keys' 'a woman's worth' into the bridge. on repeated listens it sounded abrasive and i switched to beirut instead. sorry.
and i'll say right here and now that 'no gringo' deserves a post by itself. it's a gem.
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Yay Vienna Teng! :) :)
So far you're the only Singaporean I've known who's discovered her independently!
-dawn
hello dawn!
yeah's she's wonderful. i'd love to see her play live.
have you heard inland territory?
Yup, I have all the songs ... and I pretty much agree with you on most of them. Antebellum was my favourite at first - that melody really just grabs hold of you first off! But No Gringo and Kansas are lovely, too, and I've got pretty fond of Stray Italian Greyhound. No Gringo wins hands down for the lyrics, though!
Unfortunately Radio is just annoying.
She's apparently awesome live as well. What are the chances she'll ever tour here? *sigh*
How's Nova Scotia?
i'd actually be willing to travel to see her play, maybe for some music festival or something.
nova scotia's quite splendid, thanks for asking.
ok going to do some sailing. that's what i'm supposed to be here for, not listening to music and babbling about it.
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