'The time to rise has been engaged'. Yeah I know it's an old R.E.M. lyric but they're much on my mind lately. Hey I'm coming towards 60 at the end of the month. The days are getting shorter And it's time - to listen to the latest Hand Habits album, Blue Reminder.
It's a spectral record, just the kind of thing I'm looking for right now. Meg Duffy is the artist behind Hand Habits and she walks a crooked path jist as the most inspired artists do. Doesn't join the dots in the way that, err R.E.M.among others didn't do.
Many ideas explore the ideas of Blue-mess. Joni Mitchell. Tim Buckley. Len. Here's another. Blue. Is an interesting idea. It's not necessarily exclusive to sadness so much as nuanc. And escape.
I shook Peter Buck's hand on Friday and it's making me think about what I want from music right now and this record certainly delivers on all kinds of levels. I like records that make you unsure about how they make you feel but make you want to listen to them again anyway. Spooky Gospel was the way Bick referred to what R.E.M. tried to do. Only the bravest artists walk roads like these.
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