PATRICK WOLF — The City (Lupercalia, 2011) » LISTEN HERE
First is my “Happy Valentines Day” pick - if you’re happy with whatever situation you’re in right now, give this song a listen and it’s sure to elevate your mood even higher. :-)
JAMES BLAKE — Measurements (James Blake, 2011) »LISTEN HERE
This is my “Sad Valentines Day” pick. If you just want to feel down about this day, then I recommend you listen to this song and just let the emotions run wild. :’-(
Patrick Wolf posted the video for his latest single, the City, to his Youtube channel today. I’m still a little unsure how I feel about his new direction, feel like it might be a little too 80s adult contemporary, but the video looks like it was a ton of fun to shoot. I like how it sort of looks like one of the fashion “video shoots.” Glad to see he’s happy again at least!
PATRICK WOLF —- The City (Lupercalia, 2010)
Came across a copy of Patrick’s upcoming single, “The City,” tonight! It definitely lives up to the joyous mood Patrick promised would be felt on his next album, Lupercalia, which is due out in May.
The song features a stomping beat, some saxophone, and a really great uplifting atmosphere. This is definitely something that the fans of The Magic Position will be happy to hear — it’s just as radiant and fun as that song’s title track was, and probably then some.
(Via: aboycommemoi, my ever-reliant source for everything and anything Patrick Wolf)
Patrick Wolf - Time Of My Life
Time Of My Life is a song that I began writing at the end of a relationship in 2006 and then finished three years later during a temporary break up in my current relationship. The new album has a direct narrative about love and optimism surviving through adversity and recession. I wanted to celebrate the love and hope I have found in the last few years.
- Patrick Wolf
Was just about to post this as soon as I finished my Kanye post. So much good music flooding the internet lately! I cannot wait for this new Patrick Wolf album, it’s definitely time for something new from him. If this song says anything, the new album (formerly known as “The Conqueror”) is going to be brilliant.
(Source: heardinstinct)
Revisiting The Bachelor by Patrick Wolf today. Great album, would love to own it on vinyl — perfect for the Fall.
They’re both very classically influenced obviously, Patrick has the whole noise/glitch sound going on throughout the backgrounds of his songs… I can see Patrick’s music being a little easier to get accustomed to because it is often pretty beat-driven and his songs tend to have a more classic pop structure but his use of strings kind of cancels it out almost. Joanna has an even more classical music approach, though I have yet to listen to her latest album.
My question though is what does it mean to enjoy this type of music? What kind of person does it take, what does it say about them? I feel like both Joanna and Patrick are pretty far on the fringes of the indie spectrum in their own ways (though it appears they at both maybe moving away from certain sounds toward the center of the spectrum)… Even the indie fans who listen to music like Passion Pit and even stuff like Arcade Fire and Animal Collective and stuff like that would probably be pretty reluctant or hesitant when it comes to either of these artists (speaking from personal experience).
I’m not really sure what made me start thinking about this aside from walkin down the halls of the dorms listening to “Emily” by Joanna and thinking how strange it would be to hear this song emanating from another room. It almost seems completely unfathomable to me, not in this dorm at Virginia Tech.
I wonder if you have to have a natural inclination towards more classical music to acquire a taste for these types of artists? Or does it have more to do with your socialization growing up, maybe? Your world views? I could see how some people might find it hard to listen to a woman with a childlike voice strumming a harp singing about a monkey and children throwing coins when they’re used to listening to rappers “sing” about drinking champagne and owning expensive cars.
And by socialization / world views, I am maybe talking about stuff like gender differences? Like, maybe it’s more okay for a woman to listen to music like Patrick Wolf and Joanna Newsom and Owen Pallett than it is for a man? Is that possible? There might be some sort of social norm that I’m not aware of that says it’s not okay for college-aged males to listen to music that involves a lot of harp and ukelele with lyrics about gypsy kings and thickets and ghosts.
Who are the exceptions to this social mandate? What are they like? What other music do they listen to? What allows them to listen to this music?
To quote Danielle Staub, it’s just a question.
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