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Brother, Sister Album Discussion
A little while ago, I started listening to the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and I started writing a little bit about each album to memorialize it. After a while, I shifted to writing about some of my personal favorite albums. I found that I had a lot to…
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“In A Sweater Poorly Knit”
This song starts with instruments fading into a collage of sound. Then, a lone acoustic guitar for the first verse. After the first refrain, harp, electric guitar, and bass come in. The second verse is drums and both guitars playing in unison without bass, giving it a more intense feel. Taking out the bass in…
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“Brownish Spider”
Musically: guitar from the previous track bleeds into this one, is then cut off. Harp and acoustic guitar are in the rest of the song. The harp part is played by the artist Timbre, who also plays on “In A Sweater Poorly Knit”. Every thing I’d thought I’d learned Ambition and illusion turned …
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“O, Porcupine”
Drums begin the song, the guitars enter with the separate parts they play during the verse. The bass entrance marks the transition into the first verse, during which it plays a little groove with starts and stops. After the verse, we get a transition of three slammed notes three times followed by a drum break…
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“In A Market Dimly Lit”
In this song, we start with a pensive guitar and bass bit, then the accordion comes in. Halfway through the first verse we get distorted right guitar entering with snare clicks. There’s a strong guitar transition into the chorus, which is a great heavy part featuring a lovely recurring bass dive. The intro repeats and…
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“C-Minor”
This song starts with shakers and bells before one guitar enters. Everyone else comes in in the verse, including a horn playing along with the lead guitar. The first phrase of the chorus is soft before everyone including the background vocals join in. A second horn is added after the first chorus, adding harmony to…
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“Orange Spider”
“Orange Spider” is a continuation of the spider trilogy of songs. Whereas “Yellow Spider” had an accordion with the acoustic guitar, “Orange” has background vocals during the singing portion and two brass instruments at the end (flugelhorn and trombone). The background vocal begins very faintly in the background on the second phrase (“crumbed and sugared…’)…
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“The Sun And The Moon”
This song starts with both guitars in a way that, for a while, made it difficult to get my bearings. The left guitar comes in first with a pickup on the “and” of beat three, but since it’s the first sound in the song I always want to think of it as a downbeat. Then…
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“Nice And Blue (Pt. 2)”
This song is a follow-up to “Nice and Blue” from A To B Life. There are several direct references that song in the lyrics, which was about Amanda, a former love interest. Musically, the song starts with guitars and drums. Bass comes in with the vocals in the verse, which also features ethereal background “ahhhh”…
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“A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains”
This song starts with the left guitar alternating between two notes. A second guitar (right ear) comes in playing a chord in individual ringing notes. Drums and bass come in with a two note pickup into the verse. There are a lot of little things to pay attention to in the verses. After “warm milk…
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