We are so excited to get the new album. Has anyone gotten it in the mail yet, the deluxe version? The other night we were listening to all the songs on Youtube where someone leaked the whole thing and we were reading the lyrics with the music. MAN, I gotta say that, for me, the lyrics are much deeper and really a lot more poetic this time. They can also seem straight forward and simple, with a lot of sunshine, summer, and happiness, but formally the lyrics are full of all the old rhetorical tricks, alliteration, assonance, meter, various rhyme schemes and some amazing metaphor (take northern downpour for example). here is a great verse aabcc rhyme scheme and all neck up metaphor lips/head/scarf when discussing the power of "playful" words that are actually destructive like moths the same discord is found in the "broken" world which is also to be called "home". It is a "fragile" capricorn which is a feminine reserved type who wouldn't usually speak much:
Through playful lips made of yarn
That fragile capricorn
Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves
I know the world's a broken bone
But melt your headaches, call it home.
Actually the imagery is still same old panic but the attention to language on this album is beautiful. Not just how to encompass an idea in words but also how the words themselves shape the image through sound. Don't worry I won't keep going, but I am digging this album before it is even in my hands. It appears to be so well constructed!
Well we ate lunch at the Turkish Kitchen, where kyla was surprised to find Peter Sellers working behind the counter. Then it was time to watch a DVD at home and then get ready for a baptism at the temple in Oakland. After the baptism (that we barely made it to on time) it was time for a stop at the historic ice cream parlor, Fenton's Creamery for dairy overload. A great day.
Well it's spring break and so we jumped in the car and headed to Monterey bay to check out the aquarium there and let the girls get back in touch with the ocean. After that we drove up to Santa Cruz on the way home. It was a long day but very fun. The girls loved it and besides riding a merry-go-round they got to hold star fish (patrick). Anyway to see all the pics go to our family website and check out the photopage.
We are so excited to get the new album. Has anyone gotten it in the mail yet, the deluxe version? The other night we were listening to all the songs on Youtube where someone leaked the whole thing and we were reading the lyrics with the music. MAN, I gotta say that, for me, the lyrics are much deeper and really a lot more poetic this time. They can also seem straight forward and simple, with a lot of sunshine, summer, and happiness, but formally the lyrics are full of all the old rhetorical tricks, alliteration, assonance, meter, various rhyme schemes and some amazing metaphor (take northern downpour for example). here is a great verse aabcc rhyme scheme and all neck up metaphor lips/head/scarf when discussing the power of "playful" words that are actually destructive like moths the same discord is found in the "broken" world which is also to be called "home". It is a "fragile" capricorn which is a feminine reserved type who wouldn't usually speak much:
We were just missing hawaii and the sun was shining and next thing I knew we were trying to tan our extremely white skin on our little balcony. Then miya came out with the camera and took some pics of her ridiculous parents. What can I say we love the sun and, well, ere comes the sun.
