Bodies of Water - "Even in a Cave" [09/07 - mp3 removed at label request]

Like shaking out that mysterious rattle from an old VHS, and out come coins, dirt, shrapnel, little notes tied to rocks. They say things like "old enough!" and "hard fuck!" and "noise". That's what the first half of this song is like.

Even in a cave,

Like holding your finger in a candle flame, or running down the middle of a usually busy street, or staring at a strange dog. That's what the second half of this song is like.

Bodies of Water - "Gold, Tan, Peach, and Grey" [09/07 - mp3 removed at label request]

This is the Bodies of Water I remember. But when I think back on them, they have a grand ensemble majesty. All wearing the same robes so I couldn't tell them apart. Now I hear the work of individuals, I hear a maturing kind of part-work. This male lead at the beginning is thin, wooden, and very lovely, like a reed. Then later, it has that incredible wailing, you know the one I'm talking about. After it's gone high enough, she starts shouting the colours and I can see them right there. I kind of listen to this music the same way I listen to really evocative opera. It's a very specific kind of enjoyment, but it's no less real, there is no less beauty.

[Buy A Certain Feeling, it says "signed upfront copies"]