13-12-2020, 16:09
CALEXICO ~ Seasonal Shift
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Copied from the bandcamp page - https://casadecalexico.bandcamp.com/albu...onal-shift
"Calexico’s ’Seasonal Shift’ is less of a Christmas album and more of a cross cultural seasonal celebration. The themes are based around that familiar end of year feeling, of reflection, of ceremony and of recognition of the year gone by and changes it brought for better and for worse. It contains a few cover songs including classics by John Lennon & Yoko Ono and Tom Petty, a few more special guests and a whole load of good will. It’s heartfelt but fun, and earnest but celebratory. It features Calexico in an assortment of guises, referencing Portuguese Fado and Old Mexican Folk Songs, from the stripped back 2 man skeleton to the full party of international collaborators including artists like Bombino, Gaby Moreno, Gisela João, Nick Urata (DeVotchKa) and Camilo Lara."
I quite like the idea behind this, even if it does feel a tad bit sneaky, slipping in a 'non-Christmas' Christmas album, lol! Not sure how to say what I mean, but anyway, at least it's different to all the other regular Christmas offerings. Nice chilled vibes too. I find this release infinitely preferable to, and much more enjoyable than their most recent album with Iron & Wine. Cool artwork as well ... evocative. The thing with these guys is that their hearts are very much in the right place and Joey Burns is sounding good ... exactly as it says - earnest but celebratory - a good mix.
"Nature's Domain" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLAEoTgzdo
"Tanta Tristeza" - the Fado element ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIfSJJwsHM
I defy anyone not to feel at least a twinge of joie de vivre ...
Copied from the bandcamp page - https://casadecalexico.bandcamp.com/albu...onal-shift
"Calexico’s ’Seasonal Shift’ is less of a Christmas album and more of a cross cultural seasonal celebration. The themes are based around that familiar end of year feeling, of reflection, of ceremony and of recognition of the year gone by and changes it brought for better and for worse. It contains a few cover songs including classics by John Lennon & Yoko Ono and Tom Petty, a few more special guests and a whole load of good will. It’s heartfelt but fun, and earnest but celebratory. It features Calexico in an assortment of guises, referencing Portuguese Fado and Old Mexican Folk Songs, from the stripped back 2 man skeleton to the full party of international collaborators including artists like Bombino, Gaby Moreno, Gisela João, Nick Urata (DeVotchKa) and Camilo Lara."
I quite like the idea behind this, even if it does feel a tad bit sneaky, slipping in a 'non-Christmas' Christmas album, lol! Not sure how to say what I mean, but anyway, at least it's different to all the other regular Christmas offerings. Nice chilled vibes too. I find this release infinitely preferable to, and much more enjoyable than their most recent album with Iron & Wine. Cool artwork as well ... evocative. The thing with these guys is that their hearts are very much in the right place and Joey Burns is sounding good ... exactly as it says - earnest but celebratory - a good mix.
"Nature's Domain" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLAEoTgzdo
"Tanta Tristeza" - the Fado element ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIfSJJwsHM
I defy anyone not to feel at least a twinge of joie de vivre ...
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." ~ Bill Watterson