I just stumbled on to "Heretics" by Andrew Bird, and I think I'm in love. The song starts off with a pretty awesome intro, layered guitars and then breaks off in to a driving drum and then Bird breaks in with his violin and absolutely haunting vocals (the kind of thing you might expect from Elliot Smith a la "Needle In The Hay" and " How To Take A Fall").
Bird however, sings with the upbeat-ish sound that you hear in Rogue Wave's "Electro-Socket Blues" *albeit a little turned down on the peppiness scale but with dark lyrics that I loved so much). Bird chimes in with this line: "You make your mountains of handkerchiefs where the mascara always runs," (LOVE IT!).
The violin comes off perfectly, somehow fitting with the percussion and driving the songs melody through the guitar. Furthermore, no instrument truly dominates the song in a way that's obtrusive to the others. As I said before Birds vocals are haunting and really stick with you. You simply cannot get this song out of your head after a listen. Enjoy! (Chag Sameach Pesach-if your a member of the tribe that is)
"Heretics" by Andrew Bird from Armchair Apocrypha (2007)
-S
P.S.-The album cover is great, not sure why is reminds me of the cover of Hawken's "The Ecology Of Commerce" not sure why...
P.P.S. This song is not Passover related, but it is Kosher for Passover at least.
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