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05/03/2014

Review: Beck "Morning Phase" (2014)

Começo por dizer que a minha paixão por Beck é deveras recente.

Tão recente que só começou com este Morning Phase. Talvez por isso, esta review vai pecar por falta de conhecimentos mais profundos do seu trabalho e das supostas analogias e comparações às quais deveria referir com algum gosto.


Beck
Morning Phase
Feb 21, 2014

Há quem diga que seja um regresso ao disco Sea Changes, de 2002 - em estilo mas não, propriamente, no som.
O certo é que, tal como esse disco, Morning Phase vai mostrar um Beck de coração partido, sendo - provavelmente - o seu disco mais íntimo e honesto.
Mas não pensem que é mais um disco de 50 minutos repletos de músicas lamechas a tocar o deprimente.
Beck aceita a desilusão amorosa como uma dor temporária e ao longo do disco, vai mostrar todos os altos e baixos ao lidar com essa desilusão.

Tendo como paralelismo Sea Change, a semelhança de sonoridade e influências é mais que evidente, no entanto, há algo de novo, inspirador e muito puro nesta nova composição de Morning Phase.

Há toda uma aura delicada de medo e dor e isso reflecte-se pela forma (quase) inesperada como Beck manipula os instrumentos e a forma como os ouvimos. E vamos lá admitir. Isso é muito desconfortável mas a música de Beck é geralmente assim.

A mistura de modernidade, com blues, com momentos muito folk e "cowboiescos" são bonitos, uma desconfortável passagem e, por isso, não deixa de ser perturbador.
E assim o é porque vai pegar na frustração e raiva e vai transformar Morning Phase num disco calmo, de companhia mas com uma força interior inquestionável.

É um daqueles discos para aproveitar numa tarde de sol ou num dia de chuva pois, é um disco sobre e para a vida pois, fala unica e exclusivamente sobre ela.

Nas palavras do site Clash Music, "'These are the words we use to say goodbye', perhaps this album is less about the comeback, more about closure".

Não encontraria melhor forma de terminar esta review (tendo a secreta esperança de que o Beck se mantenha assim. Provavelmente, teremos uma longa relação.)

Músicas obrigatórias: Cycle, Morning, Blue Moon e Waking Light.

14/10/2012

Mumford & Sons, I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons are a very interesting English folk rock band, created in 2007.

The band is composed by Markus Mumford (vocals, guitar, drums and mandolin),  Ben Lovett (vocals, accordion, drums and keyboards), Country Winston Marshall (vocals, guitar, dobro and banjo) and Ted Dwane (vocals, drums, guitar and string bass).


For a brief shortline story about Mumford & Sons, check one of our first posts about them here.


Their debut record Sigh No More was released in October 2009. This record was pretty successful and granted the band a bunch of loyal fans and very good reviews from critics besides its fair recognition.

In late 2010, the band were "road-testing" some of the songs like Broken Crown and Below My Feet, being played on several times before their official release.
In 2011, they revealed that they were working on new songs for the upcoming album, with many of them being written before and during the composition of Sigh No More.


In 2012, they raised the parade. On July 16, Mumford & Sons officially released all the details to the very expected second album Babel, including its date release - September 24, 2012 - and a track listing of 12 songs; a deluxe edition would count with three extra songs.


Although, on Babel it's noticeable a very clear sound similarity to their debut record, the band admit that it was intentional and they took their own time to develop and to perfect their characteristic sound.


Babel became the fastest selling album of 2012 in the UK, selling more than 158.000 copies only in the first week.

The lead single of Babel, I Will Wait, premiered on BBC's Radio 1 show hosted by Zane Lowe on August 7 and a few days later, a first performance of the song would be launched on the US festival Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

About the song, Markus Mumford explained to MTV:  "reflects the band's hectic life on the road - which shaped the new album's sound." and Ted Dwane shared with Rolling Stone: "Being away so much for the last couple of years is inevitably a theme on the record, because it's something that we've all shared."

 But for sure one thing is clear - I Will Wait it's a pretty good indie folk song, representing all Mumford & Sons talent and their approach it's incredible, catchy and really fresh.




"I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust
Which we've known
Will blow away with this new sun"

07/07/2012

themed week // Mumford & Sons, Roll Away Your Stone

Mumford & Sons are a English folk rock band, created in 2007 and formed by Markus Mumford (vocals, guitar, drums and mandolin),  Ben Lovett (vocals, accordion, drums and keyboards), Country Winston Marshall (vocals, guitar, dobro and banjo) and Ted Dwane (vocals, drums, guitar and string bass).

They appeared around the same time as bands and artists like Laura Marling and Noah And The Whale.
For more details about them, check Ana's post.

They've just released one album in 2009, Sigh No More, seven EPs and a live album.
A new one was announced by Ben Lovett on Mumford & Sons' show at Pinkpop festival, The Netherlands on May 28th,  that was going to be released on September 24th 2012 but the band's representative said it might have been a little premature.
So there are big expectations for the band's new album being release during this year.

Roll Away Your Stone was released has the forth single of their debut Sigh No More and the lyrics have clear Christian influences, due to Markus Mumford childhood education from his parents. There's a website - Shoreline - that describes this song perfectly.

On Shoreline's post, you can read
"It think that this simple but poetic verse gives a lot of insight into how grace can be practiced. In this verse, the singer contemplates being able to start over and to accept redemption, and knows that grace is supposed to work. Yet, the most powerful line come in the end. He realizes that it is not the punishment or pain that truly caused him to except grace, but it was that moment that he realized he would be welcomed back with open arms and no condition that he was changed."

A excellent explanation about this powerful song that reflects about accepting redemption and there's no pain or punishment but only grace to embrace others and help them.


Mumford & Sons are performing on the second day of Optimus Alive, alongside artists like Noah And The Whale and Florence And The Machine. Don't miss their performance.

06/06/2012

themed week // Bruce Springsteen, The River

Bruce Springsteen is a 62-year-old American singer-songwriter, also known as The Boss.

Springsteen's career started in 1969, releasing his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973.
With 17 released studio albums, five live albums, five compilations and five EPs, he became one of the most acclaimed American singers of the last decades.

Born in the USA, My Hometown, Streets of Philadelphia or Glory Days are some of his long-time hits.

The River is the fifth single released in May 1981 and taken from the 1980 same-titled album.
As revealed by Springsteen on several live performances, The River was inspired by his sister and brother-in-law.

The idea taken from the chorus and the song's end were inspired by Hank Williams' hit Long Gone Lonesome Blues, from 1950 and talks about economic difficulties.
The writer Robert Hilburn once described the song as "a classic outline of someone who has to re-adjust his dreams quickly [facing] life as it is, not a world of his imagination".

On this song the river is a symbol for the dreams of the future, with the character keeping his dreams alive although real life is failing.

"That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride"

Note: He played on the  fifth day of Rock In Rio - Lisboa 2012, on June 3. Check here, to see the song's performance from this festival.

16/01/2012

News // You Can't Win, Charlie Brown on SXSW 2012

You Can't Win, Charlie Brown released a few days ago their second single from their debut album Chromatic, I've Been Lost was the chosen one to follow Over The Sun/Under The Water. The video is a collaboration between Pedro Gaspar, Nuno Sousa Dias, Francisco Nogueira and Vasco Gaspar.


Besides the incredible new single, the young You Can't Win, Charlie Brown were the only Portuguese band to be selected to participate on South By Southwest 2012 Festival which happens in Austin, Texas.
But unfortunately all the expenses are responsibility of the band, so they request everyone's help to turn this chance into something really real.

You can help by checking the band's site and seeing the advantages you can get - besides the poster above, other interesting surprises, discover them!

You Can't Win, Charlie Brown will give a show on Cinema São Jorge on February 29th at 10pm to raise funds to their trip to Texas counting with the double drums from the other Portuguese band - Paus.

More information send us an e-mail or check their official site.

14/12/2011

You Can't Win, Charlie Brown, Over The Sun/Under The Water

You Can't Win, Charlie Brown is a Portuguese Indie pop band created in early 2009 by Afonso Cabral, Salvador Menezes, João Gil and Luís Costa but later added David Santos (Noiserv) to the band members.

In February 2010, through Optimus Discos the released their self-titled and debut EP, with 6 songs remembering artists like Grizzly Bear or Bon Iver.
That EP was incredibly well received by local critics and online, adding to their live performances Tomás Sousa and João Gil.

Now with 6 members, You Can't Win, Charlie Brown or YCWCB start to work on their first album.
A few months later, on May 2011, they publish Chromatic, released by Patacas Discos.

They are currently promoting their debut album, Over The Sun/Under The Water is a single from that album and the video was published on Youtube on April 13, 2011.


"I'll be found
And around over the sun
Under the water
Don't hide over the trophies"
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