Post subject: Re: Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (3/6)
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:09 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:25 am Posts: 783
I've tried sampling some of this guy's previous stuff, none of it stuck to me, the quirkier aspects were a slight turnoff. In the interest of respecting the threadmaker, though, I gave Sifters a shot. It was quite a nice song, very pretty and well done. I'm parsing through the rest of the album now, the 1st track is very cool too. I guess this guy deserves more of a shot.
This is the only reason I know him, besides the fact that he is always playing in my town Providence RI. He did some nice violin work on Kristin Hersh's album The Grotto back in '03:
Post subject: Re: Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (3/6)
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:12 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:37 am Posts: 3819
I've only heard "The Mysterious Production of Eggs." I liked it okay, but thought it kind of meandered through a lot of pomp without ever really stumbling upon much of a tune. Bird's disaffected, rangeless voice didn't help much, either.
Post subject: Re: Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (3/6)
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:24 pm
Force of Nature
Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:08 pm Posts: 752
"Noble Beast" is REALLY good. I thought "Armchair" started great, then meandered big time.
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Post subject: Re: Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (3/6)
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:58 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:08 pm Posts: 752
So, this is so good I actually bought the cd
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Post subject: Re: Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (3/6)
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:21 pm
Force of Nature
Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:08 pm Posts: 752
The second half is soooo much better than the first. In fact, it might be the best half of his career.
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