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| Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:12 AM PST
One of the more attention-grabbing covers from reading through the album’s tracklisting lies with Birdy’s take on Phoenix’ crit-beloved “1901″, which strips away the dancefloor-crowding New Wave guitar fuzz of that ’09 indie jam for a classy soft rock shuffle that, along with the wordy verses and chorus, at times seems to overwhelm the teenager; but even if Birdy has no idea what’s she singing about (like the rest of us who sang along throughout last year) nor figures out how to completely maneuver her way through the more robust instrumental, she brings enough emotionally resonant baby diva moments within all the unnecessary musical busyness toiling about here to inspire repeat samples, as well as guarantee a spot sound-tracking some CW tween drama’s hugely dramatic closing scene. “1901 (Phoenix Cover)” (iTunes): This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2011 10:39 PM PST
Powered by a gently peppy strum jangle, and the sweet, near-whispered intimacy of the lead boy/ girl harmonies, “The End” is a soothing homespun ear massage from beginning to end that’s made only better by the nice bits of lyrical detail they bring to a story centered on a once-strong friendship gone south: Hearing “It’s been awhile since I seen you/ I start to smile to cover change of states from green to blue/ You don’t talk to me and reacting properly/ I don’t ever talk to you”, feelings of awkwardness pierce the bones as if you’re one of the characters in the scene, while nostalgia for the days when “we entertained thoughts that nothing here could break us up” carry a bittersweet ring that fills the throat with knots. It’s the chorus that’s the real emotional sinker here though, the band’s stamp of closure on the relationship (“Oh I release you my old friend…”) followed soon after by a lone violin wail basically daring you not to get at least a little choked up inside from the sadness of it all. From the band’s newly dropped debut, Where All Maps End. “The End” (DL) (iTunes) (Amazon): This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:22 AM PST
So might their latest single “Ray Charles”, the new lead single for continually delayed debut Breakfast (now due February 2012), be the track that finally brings about a change in Chiddy’s homeland commercial fortunes? Hard to tell seeing as though the record, a piano-soul-based shout-out to the sound, cool and overall greatness of the titular music icon while simultaneously saluting one’s own top-of-the-world flyness (“I got my black shades on/ Smokin’ ’til it’s numb/ Head to he sky/ Feelin’ so on/ Ray Charles, I’m-I’m Ray Charles”), rocks as much of a feel-good charm as Chiddy’s previous non-radio-supported cuts. Still, even if “Charles” doesn’t generate the huge pre-release buzz the group seems to be desiring (and, in our opinion, deserving) in the weeks leading up to Breakfast‘s arrival, the record easily proves one thing: that the infectious chemistry between emcee Chiddy and producer Xaphoon Jones remains as on-point as ever. “Ray Charles” (iTunes): This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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