“Sometimes I feel like only a cold still life, that fell down here to lay beside you” Folk music has long been the medium of choice for the broken hearted, from Leonard Cohen to Tim Buckley. It should come as no surprise then that Elliott Smith would be similarly afflicted. It is however a...
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Safely installed in his cosy nest, Brian’s been musing on how great his winged neighbours are. Birds are a splendid bunch – lots of them sing (although admittedly with varying levels of success), some of them are darned attractive (Mr Peacock, we’re looking right at you) and some of them are just utterly fascinating...
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Every decade is peppered by a select number of albums in which all their composite elements are in perfect harmony. In these the texture of the music is perfectly married to the tone of the lyrics and the timbre of the vocals. Elliot Smith’s Either/Or is one of these albums. From the opening of...
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