Two bands of the Poet/Musician Homogeneity
It goes without saying that poetry is intrinsically linked to musical lyricism.
It could be argued that it is the stand-alone poet vs the musician who has the harder time in their craft. Whilst one relies entirely on their own voice to carry the message, the other utilises sound and harmony to construct a sonorous memory with the listener.
However one might view it, the poet as musician and musician as poet is entwined.
Here is two bands which you may not have heard of, yet who fit the paradigm of the poet/musician homogeneity:
Little Comets believe themselves poets. Such is obvious from their webpage title 'sunshine plus rain divided by (geo + po)etry and their obsession with lyric videos.
And rightly so; 'I have never heard anybody use taciturn in a song before.' Stated my friend, Cosmo, as we stood in front of the Great Stage watching this band he had never heard of (he doesn't like things he hasn't heard of being sprung on him) at Secret Garden Party, 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KIVChnM3k
It is their second album, Life is Elsewhere, which powers their poetic talents. Songs such as Jennifer (the aforementioned quote by Cosmo is about this song), Worry, Violence out Tonight and Bridge Burn; these are the ones to listen too. Oh, and Woman Woman:
Standing on a cliff edge,
Cause I have had my share of,
Open doors and wide romances.
You are blue if you are not moved. It is permitted if the orchestral soundscapes are not your thing, or if the movement of lead singer Jamie Lee's metaphors will not grip your senses in a moment of transition between the post-Modernist discourse of today's media zeitgeist. However, MONEY act as the voice of the educated worrier, and their questions of spirituality are the antithesis to modern day narcissism.
Taking into account three things with MONEY:
Jamie Lee is the front man of MONEY. If you read interviews with him, you would be right in assuming that he has the kind of creative genius associated with the great rebels of intellectual thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJg-CN9npTA
His ballad, Goodnight London, is perhaps the centerpiece on which MONEY's fan base begins. From a poetry standpoint, it is within the nature of the story being disclosed which inspires comparison with the listener. The musical accompaniment itself a poem, or a companion, reflective of the attitude of desolate heartbreaking abandonment within Lee's lyrics.
Eulogy For The Death Of Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjXWT5YJpkE
Lee is a poet. Watch the video and you will understand.
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