TV ON THE RADIO
Return to Cookie Mountain
This is every damned thing I need right now...the sounds, the textures, the soul and hope... this album walks upright, plowing through this world with blinding grace and attitude; hopeful attitude... it’s like one of those people you meet and by every action and with every word that falls from them, you realize what a waste of time it is to be in a bad mood, to sulk, wish for this/wish for that... every song touches a nerve, sings from somewhere deep inside where the lights shine and the wonder speaks in tongues not heard or comprehended for eons...these songs tap the DNA, they mesh, they ARE the essential bits and pieces, they fit perfectly into the eternal spiral, programmed for righteousness...stripped down street-corner exaltations give way to great washes of sonic haze (think Third Eye Foundation, SunnO)))’s sub-currents, Sigur Ros’s peripheral vision) that is gently embossed with perfect, flawless melody... like flipping a clean warm sheet out in front of you, 2 corners held, letting it grab the air and parachute gently down, resting and covering an angel on your bed with the soft touch of a familiar lover, she is there, all outlines, static and variable and all other things that describe this from that...this album grabs your lapels (or shirt, if you’re lapel-less) and screams,
“Goddammit, this is all we’ve got and it’s fucking beautiful!”
...then it slaps you in the face, spins your entire body around and aims your head, your eyes, your soul and spirit towards a sprawling horizon full of love, sorrow, translucent oranges, pinks, and yellows–towards all things right, good, decent, and desperate...it all hit me on track 4 (Playhouses), my ears perked up, everything fell into place, and when my attention was fully focused, with laser precision, track 5 (Wolf Like Me) dropped and I had to dance...this has never happened before but the spirit was in me, I turned off all the lights, closed the curtains, and gave into it, torn this way and that, giving in to the bliss, the rapture...flawless...
If this album doesn’t save the world, nothing will.
2 comments:
I've tried and tried to like TV On the Radio more than I do. I bought their first full length and thought it good, not great. My main problem with them is that all their songs seem to sound exactly the same. Maybe I need to give the new one a few more listens on your say so.
...if the album doesn't save the world, maybe you can.
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