A perfect time an place for this music, here an now, an it'll be perfect in the morrow just like it was perfect earlier in the eve when the roof-tiles a the estate were painted for a moment wi the purples an blues o' twilight.
Rabbit Fur Coat, a record concernin the horrible gyrations folks endure in pursuit o' that embrace in the rain makes the twistin worthwhile. A record about the beauty o' religion as it appears to the secular soul watchin from the sidelines. A record about loneliness an friendship an the morphine touch of an honest moment midst a shower o' compromises.
A record feels like snow on shoulders all blistered wi the heat o' the naked sun.
The sound of folks terrified but standin defiant nonetheless. Record like a blanket o'er the knees a folks sat by shop-fronts wi the winter bitin the flesh off their hands. Record like a friend's head on your shoulder when the phone refuses to ring an, to tell the truth, you hope it never does. Record like waking up in the arms a someone it stung to close your eyes beside.
Soothin an inspirin an unique. Record says pick up that guitar, take hold that pen, sample those dang ol' beats now, an yet, oh an yet, dig how futile any such actions feel in light a those whispered refrains.
Jenny Lewis And The Watson Twins. How blessed a fella might feel for to walk under the same sky these folks are lookin t'wards.
Thanks folks.
Article comments
1 - Steve C.
Yeah, it's a pretty great album. Mentioning Rilo Kiley in the same breath as Coldplay, though, seems kinda... I dunno, heretical or something.
2 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Steve C, that's my point, heh. Who knew three albums of such beautiful unique glory would lead to a band openin for Coldplay, among the blandest rock bands a fella might ever encounter.
3 - Aaron Fleming
Another excellent piece of original vocal wordsmanship from The Duke.
She is indeed a starlet. I'm still waiting for that song about the kid playing Mario...
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
haha with backin from Fred Savage!
an thank you, also!
5 - Tan The Man
Very good album...
6 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Agreed, Tan.
7 - Steve C.
Of course. I'm an idiot.
In my defense, I was rather drunk when I posted that...
8 - Victor Plenty
I hesitated to mention this, not wanting to be pedantic about an otherwise keenly written review, but then I realized it's in the title and might adversely affect web-searchers' chances to find this fine writing.
Anyway, to the point: near as I can tell, there is no hyphen in the title of Rabbit Fur Coat.
Oddly enough, if there were to be a hyphen I'd expect to see it between the first two words (i.e., "Rabbit-Fur Coat") rather than where the Duke has placed it. But I expect that's just a difference in our national dialects of the language we both inherited from England.
9 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Victor, thank you for pointin this out! An yeah, most likely the hyphen business has to do with linguistic nuances. either placing works for me. rabbit-fur makes more sense, but then fur-coat is correct also. maybe rabbit-fur-coat is the only way to go about it, which is why Jenny & Co left the damn things out, by the looks a things.
10 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
de-hyphenated. Thanks again Victor.
11 - Victor Plenty
Or, like the Germans, we could just jam it all together: Rabbitfurcoat.
In any case, glad to be o' service to ya, Duke.
12 - DJRadiohead
Duke, finally got around to reading this. Wonderfully done. It almost doesn't seem write to call this a review because it's something more than that. I have a feeling you have captured the essence of the record and if you have well then I am going to have to have it but I am going to have to be careful when I get it because this record mixed with me and the wrong time will brew a cocktail of total devastation. Who am I kidding? That'll happen whenever I get it. I don't think there's any protection to be found.
The lows are so extreme that the good seems fuckin' cheap is my favorite fuckery on the album, I think.
13 - The Theory
good review man.
I, too, love the album. Between this and the new Neko Case (which is drop-dead amazing) it makes for a great spring!
14 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
DJ, thank you, you hit on what i try to do here, but very often fail spectacularly; the old "essence" thing. sometimes how a record sounds an how it feels in the gut are two totally seperate things, an some times the latter is the only way of figurin out what's goin on, anyroad?
Theory, thank you, i ain't heard that Neko Case record you mention, but i'll keep a couple ears out for it.
15 - DJRadiohead
I just noticed my hideous error in usage of the word "write" instead of "right." Shocking. Someone go delete that.
Duke, just bought the CD today. Haven't made it all the way through yet.