Okay. So we’ve been a little slack with the post writing of late (I wonder how many blog posts in the world have started with that sentiment?) so I’ve come up with a scheme to ensure more regualar posting.
What is this amazing scheme I hear you ask?
A series – that’s what. An ongoing series of posts about music that we’re currently listening to or finding inspiring. It might be because it has great production values, it could be the recording techniques used were particularly interesting, it might have been recorded at a particularly cool studio, it could be our friends, or it could just be a plain on great song that makes us remember that, at the end of the day, music has the power to change us and make us glad we’re alive.
Phew!
This first song in this never ending series is actually a bit of everything. It’s the opening (semi-title) track from Tunng’s new album called ‘…And Then We Saw Land’. The song is simply called ‘Land’.
There is a lot to like! Firslty, this is pretty much just a banging pop song. It rambles along with all kinds of musical instruments making an appearance including banjo which is probably the music buzz instrument of the moment. It’s got a kind of joyous carefree vibe that puts a smile on my beardy face and great pop hooks to sink your teeth into.
Audio production-wise I really like how different elements come and go from the mix/top of mind as you listen. All the instruments are almost painfully present and vie for attention. I think it’s this intense sense of presence (woah not a good turn of phrase if you have a lisp) that gives it that good-time-sing-a-long kind of feel. All the instruments are wonderfully recorded and this high production ethic shines through in the rest of the album too. Tunng are a collective of musicians (rather than a fixed band) somewhat like BSS and I think perhaps this eclectic approach to writing and recording means the there’s always lots going on, both instrumentally and vocally, but it works as a cohesive whole thanks to some very clever mixing.
Anyway, enough rambling. If you like it, go get it!