NIZZIGHT TSONGS: WEEK TSAUCE EDITION

So... I've been having problems... of the brain, lately. That's why I haven't updated consistently. NOT TO WORRY, because these songs can fix life problems (also, there should be enough songs here to cover for the past couple days that I missed).

Sigur Ros "Gobbledigook"

Iceland. A place of goofy nonsense and Bjork. Also, now showing is Sigur Ros, a band that isn't afraid to make up words and ethereal music of the ice... and land. The cover of this album actually goes along with song really well... mostly because I also feel like running naked, listening to this song in the fields of some lovely farm... hopefully not in the dangerous kind of farms.

Notable Lyrics

Þú ert að fjúka langt ? í loft
Þú regnhlíf snúa á hvolf alltof oft
Ó nei, ég sé ?

LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

The Xx "Shelter"

Ahhh, just what I needed. "Shelter" really lulls me down and Jamie Smith's smoky voice arouses me. I MEAN uhhhh.... oh geeze. I really like the thudding bass drum that doesn't give a shit about subtlety, but really pops in a the right moments... like Kramer. Picture that bass drum as Kramer popping into Sienfield's apartment, delightfully beginning moments of mirth and not racism.

Anyways, to conclude this nonsensical perspective on "Shelter" I would like to state that I have this song thudding in my car during my nightly trips into/out of DC and it provides a very lovely backdrop to the city.

Notable Lyrics

Maybe I had said something that was wrong

Can I make it better with the lights turned on

Could I be, was I there

It felt so crystal in the air

I still want to drown whenever you leave

Please teach me gently how to breathe

Anja Garbarek "No Trace of Gray"

If you're wondering where the pictures are from in the video, it's from a movie called Angel-A. This song was part of the soundtrack. It's basically as close to a romantic comedy as the guy who made the Professional and Fifth Element can make. Yeah.

Anyways. I love the song's wobbly pacing and Garbarek's voice. The bass booms in at about 50 seconds in and sticks around to give a slower jazz-like feel. Also, if you thought Rie Rasmussen was pretty hot in the pictures above, Garbarek looks like this:

Yup...

Notable Lyrics

What are they doing

In heaven today?

What are they doing?

There's no trace of grey

Cursive "Recluse"

The video is very amateur. I expect no less from an indie band in the 90's. But seriously... this is like someone's college video. I'm pretty sure it is for that fact in matter. Like... I really can't stand to watch this, because it really reminds me of my own college videos.

Anyways, the bass (what's with me and thumping bass lines and such today?) has this interesting "rubber banding" effect that twists the song around; the singer's voice is very reminiscent of Robert Smith's. In fact the the band itself could be a pretty good Cure cover band on the weekend's at the old korean karaoke bar down the street.

Notable Lyrics

How'd I end up here to begin with?

I don't know.

Why do I start what I can't finish?

Oh please don't barrage me

with the questions

to all those ugly answers

My ego's like my stomach,

It keeps shitting what I feed it.

Biblo "Sugarette"

My last song, which is Monday's song is "Sugarette". It's a wonky design of noise experimentalism. There's not any specific lyric you're supposed to decipher and understand, but rather the human voice used as an instrument itself. The ethereal noises accompany the dreamy babble as these 8-bit audio cues distort in and out.

You almost have to be in a certain mood to enjoy this song fully... that's why I put it at the end, because if you were patient enough to last through those songs, then, you've gotta be up for some experimentalism, right? right? no? TOO BAD.

Notable Lyrics

bweep bweep boooooweep bwaoohhh