ARTiST: Andrew Bird
TiTLE: Armchair Apocrypha
LABEL: Fargo
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 48:36 min
SiZE: 59,7 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Feb-08-2007
RELEASE DATE: Mar-20-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Fiery Crash 04:12
02. Imitosis 04:01
03. Plasticities 04:28
04. Heretics 03:34
05. Armchairs 07:03
06. Darkmatter 05:08
07. Simple X 03:37
08. The Supine 00:59
09. Cataracts 03:13
10. Scythian Empires 04:35
11. Spare-Ohs 04:07
12. Yawn At The Apocalypse 03:39
Release Notes:
Strip away the music of an Andrew Bird song, and
you're left with brilliant prose ("across the great
chasms and schisms and the sudden aneurysms"),
vignettes about mentally fending off plane crashes,
infiltrating characters like the kings of Macedonia
and Lou Dobbs, and titles such as "Yawny at the
Apocalyspe." It's hard to believe that, really, his
music reigns, but when Bird adds understated
acoustic guitars, Wurlitzer and Rhodes, and his own
mesmerizing pizzicato violin, his songs take on a
progressive mood all their own. The Chicago Bird's
tenth album (and his debut for extraordinary
Mississippi blues label Fat Possum) is perhaps his
most diverse, expansive, and resourceful yet,
catering to a half-dozen genres of music while
exploring storylines that are na∩ve ("Dark Matter"),
candid ("Fiery Crash"), and blatantly comical
("Armchairs"). Making no palpable effort to crack
the conventional with overflowing melodies and love
songs, Bird instead latches up the intellect to
create tiny packages of literature that make always
leave you thinking--and snapping your fingers at the
same time.