Today’s featured song is the third Random Weekend selection from Pavement’s 1992 album Slanted and Enchanted.
Because I own the 2002 Luxe & Reduxe version of the record, all of the selections so far have been from the bonus material and not the album proper. They’ve also all been pretty bad.
Concluding my track-by-track presentation of Brandi Carlile’s In These Silent Days…
Carlile finishes off In These Silent Days with the delicate piano balled ‘Throwing Good After Bad,’ one of the most enigmatic songs on the album. She says it’s about her family — the one she was born into, not the one she made.
It’s a sad, plaintive song and it ends an often hopeful album on a somber note.
Continuing my track-by-track presentation of Brandi Carlile’s In These Silent Days…
Carlile returns to Elton John territory on the album’s penultimate track, unleashing a blistering rocker about religious hypocrisy.
‘Sinners, Saints and Fools’ is written as a parable about a so-called Christian who turns his back on immigrants only to suffer the same fate at the Pearly Gates.
Continuing my track-by-track presentation of Brandi Carlile’s In These Silent Days…
The eighth song on In These Silent Days is a lovely lullaby written for Carlile’s young daughters, counseling them to hold on to the innocence of youth.
This song has an old country feel that reminds me of k.d. lang. Carlile’s voice is a perfect match for this sort of earnest love letter.
Continuing my track-by-track presentation of Brandi Carlile’s In These Silent Days…
Track seven was written by one of the Hanseroth twins, but you’d never guess from Carlile’s vocal performance that this song isn’t deeply personal to her. It’s a testament to her empathy as much as her vocal chops.
‘When You’re Wrong’ is also yet another stylistic departure on an album on which no two songs sound alike. This is the most delicate song yet, featuring just a finger-picked guitar and Carlile’s ethereal voice.
