Sunday, September 13, 2009

coconuts, plenty of junk food



NEW COCOROSIE!!!! FINALLY! I was SO excited to find this the other day. Apparently, it's a tour only CD EP with no plans for release, but it's on youtube and I used file conversion sites to turn the videos into mp3s... I'd seen a couple live videos with them where the music was a little too techno/dance for my taste but from listening to coconuts, plenty of junk food I'm glad to see that they haven't completely abandoned their beautiful freak folk roots. Okay, track by track review, ready?
Coconuts- my least favorite; the fake flute solo interludes I find a little unbearable.
Happy Eyez- I'd seen a live version of this on youtube and loved it, the lyrics are so cute! They call me wee willy winky...
Milkman- beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. There are parts of it that remind me of Charles Foster Kane's wife's voice in Citizen Kane, with Sierra's fragile warble and washed up opera singer tone.
Joseph City- I love this, as it paints a whole different picture for me than other CocoRosie tracks. This is the first time I've ever gotten an abandoned urban jazz club kind of feel from their music. Makes me picture them in an empty bar sitting at the piano bench together in long tattered white dresses...
Spirit Lake- I keep thinking I'm hearing Rufus Wainwright in the beginning. This is nice too, a little reminiscent of Armageddon from Noah's Ark...

Here are the Youtube links...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16z-3AtUR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTA4iRTc3eE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocKiErJ64ik&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r60GFrOyj0o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmLJRvvFi9o&feature=related

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