When is the last time you listened to a record that rendered subject matter such as dioramas, pyschoarchitecture, the typographic landscape of comic strips, anthropomorphizing of time, and one of the hottest choruses ever constructed solely from the names of clouds...with elegance and ornate beauty?
Well, for us here at Asthmatic Kitty, even our collective music nerd ears haven't ever heard anything like this. David Garland's Noise In You is a tour de force, and we aren't just saying that because we have friends (Viking Moses and Greg Saunier) and an artist (Sufjan Stevens) appearing on the album. Nor are we only saying this because David Garland has been super supportive of Asthmatic Kitty from very early on through his radio show on WNYC, Spinning on Air. Could we just be championing it because it is on the excellent central Indiana label Family Vineyard? Nope, we are saying this because we think the album is a thing of strange beauty that should heard by many.
Noise in You is a lovely journey with Garland and his 12-string guitar leading the way. Please listen and buy.
"Every Bird," David Garland (with Sufjan Stevens, Mira Romantschuk and Viking Moses, vocals)
"Xs for Eyes," David Garland (with Sufjan Stevens, vocals and oboe)
Shannon Stephens, The Breadwinner With themes of love, home, family, and a vision of the end of the world, The Breadwinner from Shannon Stephens is a lush and exquisite album.
