#nathaniel walcott

[brokehorrorfan]

The Stand's original series soundtrack is available on vinyl for $35 via Mondo, in association with Lakeshore Records. The score is composed by Nathaniel Walcott & Mike Mogis (The Fault in Our Stars, Stuck in Love) of Bright Eyes.

The double-LP album is pressed on 180-gram black and blue marble colored vinyl, limited to 500. It's housed in a gatefold jacket. They’re expected to ship in December.

[mars-colony]

Hey y’all, it’s Bright Eyes day! You should go listen to the new album ‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was.’

Do it. Do it.

I did. And I only cried a little, promise.

[reviewsforyouse]

Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher Aims for Perfection.

There is a lot of speculation surrounding Phoebe Bridgers’ reflective and raw lyrical content, with her drummer and ex-boyfriend Marshall Vore co-writing many of her songs. There’s so much to dissect: double entendres, metaphors, and beautiful imagery that leaves us with questions. Who is she talking about? Why won’t he play those damn drums? Why is everything so scary?

Bridgers undeniably makes music for the anxious of mind. On Instagram, she stated that for the ‘Garden Song,’ video, ‘I don’t smoke weed because I’m already afraid of everything but I told my brother to get me stoned in his bedroom and scare me for this video.’

The American folk singer releases her second solo body of work, Punisher, in full on the 19th of June. As of today, three of the singles from this are available on streaming services: I See you, Kyoto and Garden Song.

Kyoto is different to a lot of Bridger’s previous work, decidedly more poppy and upbeat, with Bright Eyes’ Nathaniel Walcott on the conquering horns which compliment the chorus. Having previously been written as a ballad, the 25-year-old stated that she was tired of doing slow numbers. The song discusses a day off in the Japanese city, and receiving a letter from who we can assume is her father, who has been known to be abusive towards her and having struggled with addiction, ‘Tell me you’re getting sober, you wrote me a letter but I don’t have to read it.’  

The singer also delves into the world of astrology, talking of trying to understand him, although their differing star signs make this difficult for her: ‘Born under Scorpio skies, I wanted to see the world through your eyes, and then I changed my mind.’ This line alludes to the act of using any means available to understand why someone has treated you in a negative way, whether you believe in astrology or not.

I See you discusses her previous relationship with her drummer Marshall Vore, who co-wrote the song. The honesty with which she sings about hating his mother, and how he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, on a song they both agreed to release, shows that they have a healthy enough relationship despite their past together (this is such an anomaly to me, but props to them for making this work.)

The line, ‘I used to Light you up, but now I can’t even get you to play the drums’ from Bridgers seems an allusion to her song Scott Street, ‘I asked you how is playing drums? You said it’s too much shit to carry.’ Although the latter was allegedly written by Vore about an ex-girlfriend, I still love an ‘homage-to-my-own-work’ kind of moment. My personal favourite line, however, is in the second verse, ‘If you’re a work of art, I’m standing too close, I can see the brush strokes.’ This reminds me of impressionist paintings, how they’re perfect from afar, but spending too much time around them, up-close, the imperfections will soon make themselves known.

Finally, Garden Song is a masterpiece. It’s maybe even her Magnum Opus, but I’ll let the rest of the album unfurl before confirming this. Featuring her tour manager -who she recently discovered had a beautiful voice and had to include him- the song discusses reoccurring nightmares Bridgers has while on tour (See? Everything is scary.)

The song alludes to her home town, juxtaposing seemingly pleasant imagery with the morose reality she attaches them to, ‘They’re gluing roses on a flat bed, you should see it, I mean thousands.’ This line paints a picture of her home town of Pasadena, and the Rose Parade that happens there. She bluntly compares this supposedly jolly event to a funeral. A true realist.

Jeroen Vrijhoef reflects the chorus back to Bridgers, but two octaves lower, their voices melding in a surprisingly natural-sounding and charming way. ‘See our reflection in the water off a bridge at the Huntington, I hopped the fence when I was seventeen, and then I knew what I wanted.’ She uses her home town to voice that adolescent illusion of knowing completely what we want out of life, whether it’s to be with the person we like by creating mischief and breaking into an out of bounds setting as Bridgers suggests, or perhaps it’s the staring at ‘our reflection in the water,’ and having a clear and perfect view of ourselves.

The dreaming theme continues throughout the song, ‘I’m at the movies, I don’t know what I’m seeing, the screen turns into a tidal wave, then it’s a dorm room, like a hedge maze, and when I find you, you touch my leg, and I insist.’ This references a classic scene from Donnie Darko that occurs in a cinema, confirmed by the imagery of someone in a rabbit suit sitting beside her in the music video. This line also alludes to the phenomenon in dreaming where places morph into new ones instantly, and effectively continues the garden metaphor, often used to portray the female body, but the idea of a maze implying that there is more awkwardness, more difficulty involved. An image of two people exploring each others’ bodies for the first time is created.

The final chorus uses alternative lyrics to suggest growth, ‘Everything’s growing in our garden, you don’t have to know it’s haunted.’ Phoebe’s difficult past isn’t going to go away, but that does not mean positive change cannot happen.

The 19th of June hovers over us like a dream-filled sleep. Bridgers might just deliver her best body of work yet.

[schroettner]

song of the day: “one and done” by bright eyes. i didn’t bother listening to bright eyes for quite some time, but the new single is epic, james bond-title song-epic. nice.

[lakeshorerecords]

EXCLUSIVE! Song Lyrics: 'Let The Light In' By Bella Thorne (Midnight Sun Soundtrack), Film Now on Digital!

EXCLUSIVE! Song Lyrics: ‘Let The Light In’ By Bella Thorne (Midnight Sun Soundtrack), Film Now on Digital!

  Now that Midnight Sun is available on Digital stateside (download it here), Bella Thornefans will not only likely watch the movie several times, but play the soundtrack on repeat!  After all, she has five songs on the album, which also features score by Nathaniel Walcott of Bright Eyes and more.  You can also reminisce on this romantic drama co-starring Patrick Schwarzenegger via this lyric…

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EXCLUSIVE! ‘Midnight Sun’ Soundtrack: Listen To The Debut Song ‘Burn So Bright’ By Bella Thorne | Just Jared

Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack to Midnight Sun, available digitally and on CD March 23!  The album features original songs performed by the film’s star Bella Thorne as well as original score by Bright Eyes’ Nathaniel Walcott (The Fault In Our Stars). Other artists appearing on the soundtrack are White Sea, Waters, Mia Wray and Adriel. Listen to the lead single performed by Bella…

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[cant-sleep-bo-peep]

Not in brick, not in wood, do my memories reside. I could leave them for good, it's to you that I'm tied

"At Your Door" by Nathaniel Walcott and Mike Mogis feat. Big Harp

[melonbellies-blog]

At Your Door // Nathaniel Walcott, Mike Mogis, Big Harp