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My iPod #356: Razorlight – Fall, Fall, Fall

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Here it is. The climactic finisher to Razorlight’s debut “Up All Night”. Excuse the video, it appears to be the only one on YouTube which has the song on there. “Razorlight – Fall, Fall, Fall” as a search entry brings up nothing.

And I lie. It’s not very climactic at all. A long piano interlude from the end of “To the Sea” strikes its final chord at the same time just as the guitar of “Fall, Fall, Fall” fades in. There aren’t any other instruments in this, only one guitar, a few “aah-ahh-ahh” backing harmonies and the wailing sounds of Johnny Borrell’s voice. Whether or not that’s enough to make you listen to this song, I’m not very sure.

The track ends on a rather weak note too, after a few utterances of the last line it all fades out on an unresolved chord and fades to silence. That’s probably meant to symbolise something, what it is is something that I fail to see. It’s a good thing I got the re-released “Up All Night”, where instead the album finishes with “Somewhere Else” – a much better way to finish the album off.

Still, I like the song. It’s alright. It’s not one that I’ve memorised and know all the words too, but it does the job nonetheless.

My iPod #355: Cloud Nothings – Fall In

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After hearing Cloud Nothings for the first time via their most recent album released earlier this year, I was interested in what other stuff the band did. Originally Cloud Nothings was a one man band made of main member Dylan Baldi performing power-pop, happy-go-lucky songs. But I didn’t listen to those. Instead I went straight to “Attack on Memory“, the first album where he expressed his anger and raw feelings into his music, this time with three other people, in order to make us and himself forget about that past.

That’s the album “Fall In” is on. Lyrically, I am not sure what I can say about it. Sure, there are lyrics in it but whether there is real meaning behind them is debatable. Baldi has stated that he doesn’t care for lyrics, and normally writes them the day before recording, which more or less means that the music is the important thing to take note on in this case.

Musically, it’s very fast. And loud. Cloud Nothings has a superb drummer if you didn’t know. Seems to hit them harder and at a more furious pace than any other band I’ve heard of late. It’s the same on this track too. Would think the guy has an extra limb or something. The music during the choruses confuses me a bit too. I can’t count along to it. It sounds like the vocals and guitars are going at a completely different time to the drums. It’s all in 4/4 though, listen to the drums closely enough and you’ll be able to get it soon enough.

Sorry for the late post too, caught got up in some reading.

My iPod #354: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Fall Away

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The track “Fall Away” is on indie rock master Stephen Malkmus’ and his Jicks album “Mirror Traffic“, his band’s fifth album from 2011. The track is very light to the ear with soft guitars, heavenly vocal harmonies for the choruses but is backed up with a bass drum that really packs a punch with over-ear headphones.

As it’s not a single, I can’t say that there’s much of a back story behind the song. It seems to be another one of those ones about being on the road and performing on tour, and the time that a band isn’t touring and is instead writing and rehearsing new songs in the studio that ‘no one else can hear’. The second verse seems to elaborate on this topic, using wordplay and metaphors that could only ever be written and sung by Malkmus.

This is a very good song to listen to when travelling or sleeping, just my opinion.

My iPod #83: Razorlight – Before I Fall to Pieces

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Ah. The third single from Razorlight’s second album from 2006.

I like this song, no matter how many people may not like Johnny Borrell’s voice or as a person. The song was released as a single in December 2006, months way after the actual album was released.

I had actually heard the song before it was released as a single. In primary school, I had a friend and we were into the same music and we would talk about songs that were out and whatever. Baring in mind, we were about eleven at the time. He had this huge musical library on his computer, and I would always request songs for him to send to me through MSN. I don’t know if that annoyed him or not, because I asked for a lot of music. I will just assume that he was cool with it. He invited me around his house one time, so he probably was.

The video always confused me though. I have no idea what’s going on. It probably should have just been a perfomance video. It does feature Guy Pearce, and Scorpio from Gladiators though.

Until tomorrow.

Jamie.