COLOSSAL YES – Acapulco Roughs
Utrillo from Comets on Fire breaks out the piano for some amazing twinkling. With a full band backup, Acapulco Roughs is in the vein of John Cale and Bill Fay. Some of the most startlingly beautiful songs you’re likely to hear.
Colossal Yes – Charlemagne’s Big Thaw
The end result is something unique yet familiar to the epic pop bands of the past. Charlemagne’s Big Thaw focuses in on simple melodies and basic structures, but has complex lyrical themes concerning expired youth, grand betrayals, failed schemes and dissolving empires.
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In this regard, Kushner pays respect to songwriters like Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Bejar of Destroyer and Alex Chilton while also incorporating the honesty of Graham Nash’s Songs For Beginners and the romanticism of Nikki Sudden’s Waiting On Egypt. Welcome to the new piano age.
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