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ontologySo, Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet's album is out today (Tuesday): I implore all of you to go out and purchase it forthwith. (I would if I had money, and anyway it is probably what Dad will get me for my birthday in a month, statistically speaking.) If you are hesitant, I ask you to go listen to this, and come back when you're finished. I heard most, if not all, of these songs live at Merlefest last month, and I don't think I have ever been so close to having the flash at a concert. I very nearly felt as though I would rise straight out of my skin. After a subtlely passionate rendition of "His Eye is On the Sparrow" (you can find that on their EP), they went into "Strange Things", which is one of the most phantasmagorically weird songs I have ever heard -- lady_moriel was talking about epic? This is one of those achingly epic songs that makes you feel as though you've been thrown into some otherworld, and your heart is breaking, but gorblimey, it's beautiful. "Great Big Wall in China" was another that I remembered particularly vividly, because it's so delightfully whimsical, and "A Fuller Wine" -- also epic, not quite as post-apocalyptic as "Strange Things" (or maybe that'd be pre-apocalyptic?), but beautiful. Abigail Washburn's last album was spellbinding and unusual, but the songs I heard back in April have gone even further. (Particularly to my liking, the classical influence has gone up quite a bit, with the violin and cello being extremely more prominent. So we have classical-Appalachian-Chinese-1920s-indie pop fusion, now. I love it.)
Anyway, go have a listen. With all of the hype I've just hurled into your lap it'll probably sound flat now, wot wot.
In other news: YOU GUYS, STEVEN MOFFAT IS TAKING OVER DOCTOR WHO NEXT SEASON. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SQUEE FOR THIS NEWS. OR CAPSLOCK, FOR THAT MATTER. (The only thing that could make this more awesome was if Neil Gaiman and/or Joss Whedon were recruited to write episodes, but the likelihood of that ever happening is -- well, not a lot.) If Doctor Who was nearly always multi-textured and gorgeously creative and emotionally and intellectually satisfying like "Girl in the Fireplace" and "Blink", well. Seriously, though. I could describe this so much better if I hadn't downed so many cupcakes tonight and gotten all squashy in the head.
lady_moriel was talking about epic? This is one of those achingly epic songs that makes you feel as though you've been thrown into some otherworld, and your heart is breaking, but gorblimey, it's beautiful. "Great Big Wall in China" was another that I remembered particularly vividly, because it's so delightfully whimsical, and "A Fuller Wine" -- also epic, not quite as post-apocalyptic as "Strange Things" (or maybe that'd be pre-apocalyptic?), but beautiful. Abigail Washburn's last album was spellbinding and unusual, but the songs I heard back in April have gone even further. (Particularly to my liking, the classical influence has gone up quite a bit, with the violin and cello being extremely more prominent. So we have classical-Appalachian-Chinese-1920s-indie pop fusion, now. I love it.)Anyway, go have a listen. With all of the hype I've just hurled into your lap it'll probably sound flat now, wot wot.
In other news: YOU GUYS, STEVEN MOFFAT IS TAKING OVER DOCTOR WHO NEXT SEASON. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SQUEE FOR THIS NEWS. OR CAPSLOCK, FOR THAT MATTER. (The only thing that could make this more awesome was if Neil Gaiman and/or Joss Whedon were recruited to write episodes, but the likelihood of that ever happening is -- well, not a lot.) If Doctor Who was nearly always multi-textured and gorgeously creative and emotionally and intellectually satisfying like "Girl in the Fireplace" and "Blink", well. Seriously, though. I could describe this so much better if I hadn't downed so many cupcakes tonight and gotten all squashy in the head.
