- Release Info -
Artist: Anthony Green
Album: Beautiful Things
Label: Photo Finish Records
Playtime: 40:49 min
Genre: Indie
URL:
Rip date: 2012-01-16
Street date: 2012-01-17
Size: 80.09 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 259 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes -
For whatever reason, honesty is surprisingly difficult to come by in modern
music. Songwriters agonize over their lyrics, either trying to cloud them with
difficult metaphors to hide their personal relevance or dumbing their emotions
down to try and appeal to the broadest possible audience. Anthony Green is no
stranger to the former; the first two Circa Survive albums are loaded with his
esoteric musings. But a series of life events--his marriage, his first child,
his newfound independence from mental-health medication--have altered his
songwriting style for the better (and hopefully permanently). Beautiful
Things, his second solo album, is a perfect representation of who Green is as
a person now, and it pulls no punches as he wrestles with the joy, pain and
struggle of growing up without necessarily growing old.
Recorded with Greens longtime friends and backing band Good Old War,
Beautiful Things doesnt veer too far stylistically from 2008s Avalon. Tracks
run from folksy and fragile (Do It Right, Lullaby) to angular and
aggressive (If I Dont Sing, Cant Have It All At Once). Green recruits
some friends to add their talents to the proceedings, too: Circa bandmate
Colin Frangicetto sings along with Green on How It Goes; Canadian
electro-popper LIGHTS shows up on Just To Feel Alive; Maps And Atlases
guitar virtuoso Dave Davison adds some extra licks to first single Get Yours
While You Can; and Ida Maria duets with Green on the fiesty rock n roll
number Cant Be Satisfied, available as a bonus track. But Green and Good
Old War dont really need the help; theyre adept at everything from
improvised a cappella numbers (Do It Right) to electro-dub (When Im On
Pills). Frankly, one of Beautiful Things few faults is the lack of more Good
Old War; their impeccable vocal harmonies only creep up on a few tracks.
Really, though, the music is just a backdrop for Green to share his innermost
thoughts, from his realization that Ill always be unhappy if I dont sing
(If I Dont Sing) to the self-reminder to get your life together (Do It
Right) to the numerous tracks written for and dedicated to his one-year-old
son, James (Love You No Matter What, Lullaby and the most poignant,
James Song, which finds Green singing, He laughs at everything/Unknowing
the joy that he brings/There is this light in his eyes/So bright no one can
deny.) Its inspiring to see someone who has publicly struggled with so much
throughout the past decade finally get to the point where he finds his true
meaning and fearlessly explores it, no matter who may be listening. Green
finds time to deviate from this opening of his diary with Blood Song.
Inspired by the 2007 film There Will Be Blood, the track tells the story of
the wife of an oil rigger who dies in an onsite explosion (seen in the movie).
Its an odd place from which to draw inspiration, but it works surprisingly
well lyrically. Unfortunately, the song suffers from a bouncy, faux-country
arrangement that comes across as hokey instead of sincere.
Still, the amount of truly magical moments on Beautiful Things significantly
outweigh any missteps along the way, making this an incredibly strong entry in
Anthony Greens catalog--and one of the most honest albums weve heard in
quite some time.
- Track List -
01. If I Dont Sing ( 3:27)
02. Do It Right ( 2:14)
03. Moon Song ( 4:44)
04. Get Yours While You Can ( 3:16)
05. When Im on Pills ( 3:22)
06. Cant Have It All At Once ( 3:45)
07. Big Mistake ( 3:25)
08. Love You No Matter What ( 2:04)
09. How It Goes ( 3:55)
10. Just to Feel Alive ( 3:06)
11. James Song ( 1:40)
12. Blood Song ( 3:21)
13. Lullaby ( 2:30)
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