around dusk
you walk the seven blocks to paradise

Sorry Kristin, for not listening to this when you gave it to the world just over one month ago.

and throw your arms around it

But, but.. it’s got a drum machine on the chorus, which leads to a wonderful play-off with the organic sounds of guitar, piano and voices: turning it from a typically reflective song into something more commanding, yet it still aches. The last seven seconds burn.

part of the cattle call to harmony

One of the (perhaps unintended) side effects of this periodic release of music is that each song now births its own universe. Unencumbered by what was released previously each can have its own style and reference. If you don’t believe me on this – check out Morning Birds.

at dawn it breaks
but much too late to wreck the night
we spun a silken effort
wrapping the day in softer company

Around Dusk (Download page)