The new single from the third F+TM studio album is anthemic, as you might expect from the resounding voice of Florence Welch. However, jamming guitar riffs anchored by an amped and booming baseline and brass section, kick in to drive the Machine down a somewhat different road. Florence, has been quoted as saying her musical influences for this record, along with others, have been Bowie, Neil Young and Nick Cave. Recorded in LA, the city sky inspired the album name, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, which was a descrition Florence texted to a friend. The sound fused with a pained, powerful and at times, disturbing Vincent Haycock, directed video will leave you unsettled…but wanting to play it again. The album is due for release 2 Jun…I’m pre-ordering.
Father John Misty, Fear Fun… who’s afraid of good music?
“I got into my van with enough mushrooms to choke a horse and started driving down the coast with nowhere to go. After a few weeks, I was writing a novel, which is where I finally found my narrative voice…” and it seems, the inspiration for J. Tillman‘s latest incarnation, Father John Misty and album, Fear Fun.
It’s that sort of ‘Saturday-morning-door-open-to-a-refreshing-spring-day’ kind of listening. Psychedelic Indy folk melodies that float in on the vivid stream of Tillman’s voice. Refreshing, country rock and folk roots wrapped up in an Indy composition. Apart from the creative catalyst of his Hunter S. Thompson-esque road trip, Tillman’s inspiration sounds familiar to my demographic. Sourced deep within the heart of the 70s singer songwriters, his dreamy voice has babbled from a spring on Rocky Mountain High, gurgling on past the Crazy Horse and the homestead scents of fresh American Pie, to arrive as a confluence of streams into a blue-green lake of Indy incarnation.
And as for the visuals and the sound mix, OysterHuman sums it up with his top rating comment on the KCRW video:
“Johnny Knoxville on vocals, Frank Zappa on drums, Rivers Cuomo on guitar, and gay Kurt Cobain on bass. haha”
Fear Fun is a great listen, one that is starting to wear grooves in my iTunes library.
BTW: I included two videos, the KCRW live recording and the official video featuring the rising star of actress and comedian, Aubrey Plaza. She owns the bipolar, sultry-slacker look…I can’t wait for a duet with Natalie Portman.
So all that said, WHERE’s my F*&%!G MUSHIES!? I too am in need of beat poet inspiration and a narrative voice…enjoy.
Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (KCRW)
Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOToiIDNRA&feature=share&list=ALYL4kY05133qD1yF7uiA7MRJfi5mAIO3q
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