imperial f.f.r.r. is such a minimalistic record, the smallest things take on greater significance. the slightly increased volume and pace of the chorus seems oddly intense. i see a series of visual images hearing "your face is glowing" and "waking up to your eyes, endless over", like jump cuts in a film.
the genius of this approach is that small things can be very affecting. the downside is that sometimes it's only boring (i.e. the endlessly repeated lyrics of "cherry cream on": what, does it contain more than five words in the whole song?)
then it's startling that after an album of what seem to be fairly simple love songs (except the tribute to the painter isabel bishop), then just before the end, we hear "june"
"june" begins with a series of observations which--once one (later) realizes the subject matter of the song--then seem shockingly mundane. it's a straightforward list of memories from seeing his father on his deathbed.
i'd guess mark robinson let someone else take the vocal duties for "june" because the material was still too close to home; perhaps he couldn't sing it without crying?
imperial f.f.r.r. is such a minimalistic record, the smallest things take on greater significance. the slightly increased volume and pace of the chorus seems oddly intense. i see a series of visual images hearing "your face is glowing" and "waking up to your eyes, endless over", like jump cuts in a film.
the genius of this approach is that small things can be very affecting. the downside is that sometimes it's only boring (i.e. the endlessly repeated lyrics of "cherry cream on": what, does it contain more than five words in the whole song?)
then it's startling that after an album of what seem to be fairly simple love songs (except the tribute to the painter isabel bishop), then just before the end, we hear "june"
"june" begins with a series of observations which--once one (later) realizes the subject matter of the song--then seem shockingly mundane. it's a straightforward list of memories from seeing his father on his deathbed.
i'd guess mark robinson let someone else take the vocal duties for "june" because the material was still too close to home; perhaps he couldn't sing it without crying?