Good Review

ALBUM OF THE MOMENT:

Good by Morphine

Morphine were an American jazz rock band that specialized in rather minimal, melancholy, moody music, with most of their debut album being composed only of voice, bass, sax and drums. Morphine’s debut album Good is a good (excuse the pun*) album for getting rid of the blues. It grabs you with the sinister sounding title track and then shows you what beauty and variety can be achieved with sadness. Songs like the upbeat “You Speak My Language”, the emotional “The Saddest Song” and the cool-as-fuck “Have A Lucky Day” are all great, moody pieces that are not only ideal for a bad mood but also great for, you know, just chillin’**. I feel that this album would appeal to punk-heads*** as well as jazz-meisters. I also have a feeling that I should give this album more room to grow because I’m not sure whether I fully appreciate it yet. (When I listened to Blonde on Blonde after I did the review, it sounded better than it ever had before.) but I'm just here to tell you what I’ve enjoyed listening to and the main purpose of this blog is to recommend. I recommend this album to anyone in a bad mood.

“My biggest fear is, when I let you go, you’ll come and get me in my sleep.”

Highlights: You Speak My Language, The Saddest Song, Have A Lucky Day

*no, please do.

**in a "That's jazz." kind of way.

***Well, post-punk-heads but that doesn't roll of the tongue all that much.

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Oh No
Andrew Bird