Mutual Benefit – Love’s Crushing Diamond (Other Music)
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The string and vocal arrangements bring to mind Disney at its sweetest, or Van Dyke Parks at his straightest.
Song of the day – 569: Ashley Eriksson
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And now I’ve found this, and I’m more than happy. For this is how I remember Olympia, WA. Ask any of my old friends. Magical.
Deep Time @ Farm 255, Athens Georgia, 22.08.12
Nobody gives a fuck if you played the song right.
Know When To Fold ‘Em: The Beach Boys should have fired Brian Wilson after Pet Sounds
Frankly, though, The Smile Sessions? It is an utter bore.
Van Dyke Parks + Kinky Friedman @ Brisbane Powerhouse, 25.06.11
Is there anything that comes close to being a younger Van Dyke Parks working in popular music in the modern age?
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
Helplessness Blues is 50 minutes of laments for one’s self in the face of shifting uncertainty, framed in endless soothing harmonies, an opiate of sighs.