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Giant Sand – Fields of Green
01 year ago
in MP3s
Giant Sand are yet another band that I’ve long been aware of, but have been too intimidated by their discography to actually explore. If Wikipedia is to be believed, their upcoming album, Blurry Blue Mountain, will be their 25th release, with the band being active since 1985. When there’s this much of a back catalog, I’m never sure where to begin, so I inevitably don’t. That said, I am rather enjoying BBM (as the kids are sure to call it) and Fields of Green in particular. The song may set a new standard for world weariness in music. There’s a rich, dusty vibe to it, led perfectly by Howe Gelb’s richly layered and seemingly completely fed up voice.
Blurry Blue Mountain will be released on November 23 via Fire Records.
AFoR Advent, day 14: Giant Sand
35 years ago
in MP3s
I’ve never really got the whole Giant Sand thing, nor do I know absolutely anything about them. Or him. I don’t even know if it’s a them or a he, that’s how clueless to the whole thing I am. I’m thinking it’s a band though, but I’m not certain. In contrast to this, my friend Simon really likes Giant Sand. He even got an abstract review of one of their albums published in the Guardian. So as I write this, I’m thinking I should have got him to write this or something. But in an hour it’ll no longer be the 14th, so I fear it’s a little late.
Now that I’ve rambled for a while, I don’t have to write as much about the song itself. I can’t really tell you much about it other than I like it. There’s some top notch blog criticism for you right there. Like the Rilo Kiley song yesterday, it just has a very cold feeling to it, being all sparse with a little piano. Lyrically, it’s all rather baffling to me, fleeting references to snow, Christmas and icy roads aside. Certainly not your average Christmas ditty anyway.
MP3 Giant Sand – Thank You Dreaded Black Ice, Thank You (expired)
