Thursday, August 25, 2011

Avett Brothers "I and Love and You"

The title track is very sentimental and introspective as he sings "when at first I learned to speak, I used all my words to fight..." and as he sees that girl who can turn heads and have his heart racing she asks him to dance, but he says no thanks, how hard those three word sare for him to say. Please stay, and be part of the "January Wedding," which has banjo at the forefront and is also dripping with sentimentality:"No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in /She knows which birds are singin' /And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin." Have you ever had a "Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full of Pride"? Well I think almost every one has had a head full of doubt stuck in a cage that won't let their dreams fly out. "And It Spread" with wonderful heartfelt, emotionally filled vocals and instrumentals all in a bluegrass twang. 'The Perfect Space" is just awesome with a slow start to the song and then this lil drum solo and nice groovy piano and shouting at the shouting people to "Get Out!" which is kinda jarring considering where it's coming from. "Ten Thousand Words" is another great song to follow with wonderful vocals and instrumentals, especially where there is a slight two part harmony.Then "Kick Drum Heart" is another great song too with the bouncing o' the piano keys, and the drums in this one too. "Last night I dreamt the whole night long/I woke with a head full of songs/I spent the whole day,/I wrote em down but it's a shame/Tonight i'll burn the lyrics/ cause every chorus was your name." To write those in a "Laundry Room," who knew? But the last minute is probably the best part of the song with it's patch of bluegrass."Ill With Want" has the brothers acting like people they know aren't them; as they are caught in a net of longing and desperation which causes them to change into someone able to break out of the net. "Tin Man" is good, but it's a "Slight Figure of Speech" that has this rapid fire vocal delivery in the fashion of BNL,except a little quicker, with a nice bassline and great percussion to make a great song. Oh, "It Goes On and On" this feeling of being "Incomplete and Insecure." He sings" I haven't finished a thing since I started,so why bother now?" that's my cue I'm done with this one. IfIHadToChoose 7 songs to confess love would you use: January Wedding, The Perfect Space, Ten Thousand Words, Kick Drum Heart, Laundry Room, Slight Figure of Speech, Incomplete and Insecure.                                                       

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