Vinyl edition of Twist Again, the 2011 release from Bodies of Water.
Bodies of Water turns
Twist Again into a dark-tinged exploration of love that's both tightly focused in scope and enigmatic around the edges. Band leaders David and Meredith Metcalf move away from the rollicking kitsch of their recent Music Go Music project to examine the fragility of human relationships and the tenuous nature of life itself with a sober, slightly ironic touch. The couple frames their image-laden lyrics with an array of sounds that draw upon everything from Phil Spector-era pop to mellow psychedelia and mariachi brass for inspiration. Meredith's cool yet yearning vocals convey a melancholy elegance on
One Hand Loves the Other and
Lights Out Forever, then take on slinky lounge-jazz colors for
Open Rhythms and
In Your Thrall Again. David melds David Bowie's insinuating croon with the sophisticated weariness of Leonard Cohen on such moody numbers as
Like a Stranger and
My Hip Won't Let Me. Biblical references lend a spiritual undercurrent to tracks like
New Age Nightmare and
Mary, Don't You Weep. - itunes
VINYL Details
- Release Date: June 21, 2011
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- UPC: 656605784717
- Number of Discs: 1
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