The very first Long Pauses Song of the Moment was "Garofalo, C'est Moi" by The Gena Rowlands Band, and now, more than four-and-a-half years later, they're making a return appearance with "Fuckups of the World Unite," (mp3) the opening track from their new release, Flesh and Spirits. Remember when a couple years ago Sufjan Stevens put out Illinois and immediately sent a generation of hipster music reviewers into spasms? A guy was writing great songs about religion -- so good, in fact, that irony and cynical detachment just would not do. Bob Massey, the man behind the GRB, is likewise of the Flannery O'Connor school (she even gets name-dropped in the song): he reads the Bible and figures that if this stuff is to believed, then grace is for everyone, especially the fuckups. The song works, I think, because it's witty and audacious. I dig it. Plus, it's full of great electric piano playing from my old friend Dave.
Speaking of electric pianos, I finally bought one a couple weeks ago. A Roland FP-7. And, damn, it's fun to play. Looking for inspriation, I found a useful list of albums that feature the Fender Rhodes and was intrigued by the praise there for Zero 7's When It Falls. In the last two weeks, I've probably listened to the title track (mp3) fifty times. Can't get enough of it.
And, finally, two tracks from the soundtrack of Hal Hartley's The Book of Life, which I bought last week at Amoeba Records -- big, beautiful Amoeba Records -- and which accompanied me on many long walks up and down the hills of San Francisco. PJ Harvey's "The Faster I Breathe the Further I Go" (mp3) was previously available on an import single, Wind, Pt. 1, now out of print. Takako Minekawa's "1.666666" (mp3) is a new discovery for me. It's good fun.
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