Bodies of Water - "These Are The Eyes"

Bodies of Water have just finished a 13-song LP due out by the end of April. They sent me this because they're very proud of the record. And it sounds to me like they're right to be so. It sounds like an overture to a musical, and it makes me curious to hear the rest. I almost hope it is a musical. I think it would be about forest animals, during the last few days before they lost another part of their forest. It wouldn't be about the fight to save their land, they'd never win, it'd be about learning to deal with the things you can't change, getting your affairs in order to totally change your life for a cause completely divorced from your own. It'd be about how much the rest of the world can affect you, and how much is in your control. There would be the deer, who are the most submissive to the situation, industriously packing and running away. The beaver, who would rather cry about it than do anything. The owl, who silently stays, even when they're cutting down his tree. It ends with the animals doing the closing number on a plastic kids' play structure, right where they used to have their "hidden glade". [site]

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So, Montrealers (and intrepid travelers), I'm in a new play. It's called Space Jail, and it opens tomorrow. It would be so great if you could make it out, it plays at Theatre Ste. Catherine every Wednesday through Saturday in February. It's actually the most fun play I've ever seen.