New Graham Coxon Video - "In The Morning"
Graham Coxon had a tough go when we caught him at SXSW. Last week's triumphant Blur reunion reminded me why on one level it likely didn't keep him awake at night. The guy is human, though, and the distracted crowd's nonstop blabbing, did make him sweat and blush (or fume?). It was hard to concentrate, but I do remember "In The Morning" and its bluesy guitar and blackbird-referencing lyrics: "If a diamond hangs in every tree / And a life is lost for every leaf / Can a bird still sing? / I listened just this morning / This is what I heard / An angel's wings in cool night air, / like a blackbird in the chapel / A starling in the moonlight fair, / wings beating up a gale," etc. Chris Hopewell's gorgeous, impressionistic video does a great job of teasing out that naturalism, providing the track with a lush, misty, psychedelic, and leafy backdrop, i.e. a much more fitting landscape than an early afternoon at a sodden Fader Fort.
The Spinning Top is out via Transgressive.
Posted at 3:11 PM by brandon in Video
Tags: Blur | Graham Coxon
I heard some of his other solo stuff and it sounded amateur but this is pretty good i might have to check the album out. Not sure why this one has to be 8 min tho all those verses dont seem to add much to the song.
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I read an interview that said that Graham had gotten kind of tired of what blur bassist Alex James called the "archness", or fake ineptness of American indie music in the 90's. He went on to mention that since people like Davey Graham and John Martyn are dying that someone needs to make English folk music. I can't think of anyone (except maybe Johnny Marr) that is more capable of carrying the torch. This record is truly a step forward in his writing and playing. You owe it to yourself to listen to the entire record.
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This is good, but my ears prefer the amazing pop songs on Love Travels... or Happiness in Magazines any day over this. Maybe there is a reason no one has coined the term "BritFolk" yet... He is still a wonderful musician regardless.
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I like the middle section heaps, kind of has a really nice Veckatimest style jam out. Still my favorite blurtle.
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Music videos specially the guitar music is the best to present.
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Mo, you are spot on. This album is amazing, as is some of his older stuff, like "Kiss of the Morning". Unfortunately, I don't think it will be heard much do to the Blur reunion. Seriously, couldn't Jagjaguar or Drag City release this in the U.S.?
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