Today is a rare rainy morning this summer. I forget how much I like wet weather and this summer has been an awful drought. Sitting on my porch I can almost smell autumn, and I'm enjoying this music-noir CD by #theblackheartprocession . This album is darkly cinematic with its slow tempos and grand instrumentation. It feels eastern European at times like gypsy witchcraft. I've loved it's lonely scope ever since I found the album.
I'm pretty sure I purchased it based on the band's moniker back in 1999 and the fact that the label Touch And Go was a trustworthy stalwart.
A couple weeks ago we saw a raincloud dumping it's contents from a distance, we pointed it out to our sons and thought it was pretty novel seeing it from that perspective. The grey drape curving away under the darker grey awning, it made you appreciate the journey of the raindrops and could see that their path wasn't a straight freefall. Music like this demands that same examination, that the notes aren't always direct and build context for each other. That a cursory listen doesn't reveal the scope of the song. I love when albums pull you in deeper with each consecutive listen. And with the sound of the rain hitting my porch as ambiance I'm enjoying this cd even more again.
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