This review is so beautiful and heartfelt — passionate.
And puts the lie to the saying “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
(And dancing about architecture must be an awesome dance, so perhaps the non-sarcastic meaning of the saying is most true. But I digress.)
I’m ashamed to admit I only first heard the Blood In Her Dreams album over the last few days. (Its May release date coincided with life events that kept me from listening to half the tracks I usually hear in a month.)
But wow!, Timeless music. Whoever (Shawna?) is promoting it by incessantly releasing singles has to know it works - It was only the single release of “Bright Green Ideas” recently that prompted me to notice the album.
I also learned from you that the album is an entirely performed by Shawna + 1 affair. A true surprise — I hadn’t yet looked for who this great band was, who I now know is her plus a drummer.
I had hoped / still hope to write a paragraph about “Bright Green Ideas” and get it posted somewhere, but you’ve definitely made reviewing all of it seem nearly pointless and redundant by capturing most all of my responses to Blood In Her Dreams.
Thank you, Bill. I share your wish that more people to know Virago's record, so I would definitely encourage you to write about Bright Green Ideas and the rest of the album too. --DC
This review is so beautiful and heartfelt — passionate.
And puts the lie to the saying “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
(And dancing about architecture must be an awesome dance, so perhaps the non-sarcastic meaning of the saying is most true. But I digress.)
I’m ashamed to admit I only first heard the Blood In Her Dreams album over the last few days. (Its May release date coincided with life events that kept me from listening to half the tracks I usually hear in a month.)
But wow!, Timeless music. Whoever (Shawna?) is promoting it by incessantly releasing singles has to know it works - It was only the single release of “Bright Green Ideas” recently that prompted me to notice the album.
I also learned from you that the album is an entirely performed by Shawna + 1 affair. A true surprise — I hadn’t yet looked for who this great band was, who I now know is her plus a drummer.
I had hoped / still hope to write a paragraph about “Bright Green Ideas” and get it posted somewhere, but you’ve definitely made reviewing all of it seem nearly pointless and redundant by capturing most all of my responses to Blood In Her Dreams.
All of which is my way of verbosely saying:
Thank you.
Thank you, Bill. I share your wish that more people to know Virago's record, so I would definitely encourage you to write about Bright Green Ideas and the rest of the album too. --DC