September 13, 2004
storms make me lonely
Imagine yourself standing with your eyes closed on the southernmost tip of an island that you love more than anything else in the world. It is night-time. It is chilly, but in a good, crisp way. The wind was blowing all day and the swells are still crashing onto the craggy shoreline beneath your feet.
You are alone; but not entirely. Encircling you are seven voices, perched like benevolent gargoyles, each on their own personal promontory. They are singing. There are no words. Your eyes are still closed and you imagine their silhouettes. You think about storms.
Imagine yourself in this place.
Now listen to this song.
Posted by halsey at September 13, 2004 04:43 PMWhile ‘Heavy Weather’ clearly keeps with the WordsAndVoices theme, it also breaks into whole new territory. This one seems spiritual. It projects a deep-seated reverence, perhaps directed at least in part to the magical place so eloquently and poetically described here in text. There is a harmony with oneself (both literally and figuratively) and with that amazing place. The sounds of the waves seem to pour and splash through my speakers.
Though ‘HW’ probably won’t supplant ‘Leaf’ as my favorite new driving music, I’m very much looking forward to listening to this one on a dramatic stormy day… Am I the only one who is looking forward to Ivan’s eventual arrival?
