Wow it has been a while, thought I would say it was because of the holidays that I got behind but I can't even use THAT as an excuse anymore, Oh well, jumping back into the music review world.
When last we left off I was talking about the first Air album that came out in 98' well this one is from 2004 it is called "Talkie Walkie" and represents a pretty big jump in "Airvilution" Transforming from a wispy, one step above elevator muzak to a band that makes "Real songs" with a start and finish just like a grown up band.
I have grown to really like this band and this CD in particular. "Venus" and Cherry Blossom Girl" are great for driving around on a spring day with the window down, fresh air blowing through your hair while wearing bad ass sunglasses and thinking your are so much cooler than anyone listening to the radio.
"Run" a robot sound scape with an almost child like vocal and soft choir undertones.
"Universal Traveler" yet ANOTHER good driving around song. Really if you don't believe me just buy they album wait for a great spring day and if you don't love it I'll give you your money back (not really, but go ahead and buy the album and drive around) Except until I sat down to write this and looked at the name of the song I thought they were saying "You Need A Soul Traveler" which, quite frankly I think is a better lyric. Hmmmm I might be writing my own song...
"Mike Mills" pleasant enough instrumental
"Surfing on a Rocket" just a shade too poppy for me but each to their own, if I wanted more of this I would just go back and listen to my "Love and Rockets" albums.
"Another Day" hmmmmm moody, not bad but I do usually skip it
"Alpha Beta Gage" another instrumental but I really like this one, anytime some one is whistling I give them points
"Biological"doesn't speak to me but I don't yell at the player when it comes on
"Alone In Kyoto"Made me feel a bit too much like I was a Renaissance fair
Well that is it, go get the album, even the songs that are not stand outs are better than most stuff out there, this is a great cohesive album of ten songs with some major stand outs on it.
On a side note this album has one of the worst album covers I have ever seen. Yes those are the two guys in the band and they have every right in the world to smack their mugs on the cover but, to me, the music and what these two guys look like do not mesh for me at all.
Some of these songs really take me to that, deep thinking, dreamy, slowing nodding my head to the music, place. And when I am there the last thing I want to think about are two greasy euro-trash dudes with horrible haircuts wearing.....cough...driving gloves?!.... what the hell. ABSTRACT COVERS BOYS..that is where you want to be....
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