Release date: 2006-05-13
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Songs And Other Things
Thrill Jockey
INDIE
- 'Songs And Other Things' is TOM VERLAINE'S first vocal release since
The Wonder in 1990. The return of his cool vibrato weaving in and out of
his guitar lines is exciting. For this new vocal release, VERLAINE recorded
with a variety of friends including Television bassist FRED SMITH. He wrote
all the songs, played all the guitars and even spent some time on bass. Songs
and other things finds VERLAINE's songwriting at its most colorful.
- According to Tom, "Lovebird asylum seeker" got its inspiration
from a "picture of some friendly insects walking across a dusty desk
and spelling out letters." The opening track is an instrumental, "like
an introduction; what you hear at the beginning of a movie." For VERLAINE,
the songwriting process is natural, with ebbs and flows that he makes sure
not to force. "Sometimes you write a song in twenty minutes," VERLAINE
says, while sometimes a song "looking to be agonized over never makes
it to the studio." With 25 years in between this and VERLAINE's last
vocal record, he has a lot of storytelling to catch up on, which makes every
track here a true gem.
- VERLAINE is putting together a band that will debut in his beloved
hometown of New York City in late April/early May. He will be embarking on
a world tour this spring, his first in over a decade.
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