Even though the two albumsI have from Japanese Breakfastare titled after opposites on the emotional spectrum, jubilation and melancholy, when I listen to Michelle Zauner’s music, my own emotions run to the former of the two. Even the sadsongs evoke joy for me. I maybe wiping tears from the corners, but there is at theContinue reading “#751: J is for Japanese Breakfast”
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#723: G is for Grizzly Bear
Even though the first trackon the album Shields is noisy AF, noise is not most often the Grizzly Bear game. Skilled musiciansleaning into a kind of psych-prog pop, their arrangements are dense, the instrumental work is accomplishedand interesting, the drummer playsbeats that are unconventional, orchestral, and Ed Drost has the voice of an angry angel.Continue reading “#723: G is for Grizzly Bear”
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