and from inside, I heard a bird singing
Inspired by my friend Kevin, who's been taking advantage of the fact that we're still all mostly stuck at home by listening to every record he owns, I decided to do the same and also document it here.
First off, I'm reserving the right to skip over some records that I know I don't care to listen to--I own a Kiss record and a couple Fleetwood Mac records that came in "you want these records I found in the garage" deals and those are two bands I can't stand. But unless I'm absolutely sure I'm going to hate something, there's going to be a lot of rediscovery and a lot of, I'm sure, very different opinions from 5, 10, 15-years ago.
Right off the bat, we open the debate about whether "The Abramson Singers" should be filed under A or T, but rather than talk about that, I'll talk briefly about Leah's 3rd full length.
I wore the hell out of Bedroom/City and The Abramson Singers (both of which weren't released on LP), so when I say this is my least favourite of her three records, it means I just love it slightly less than the other two.
Later Riser does a great job of splitting the difference between the first two records sonically, bringing a bit more polish than her debut, but not centring around the multitracked, chorus style vocals that anchored her sophomore effort. Like the first two records though, it's an incredible document of one of the city's best and perhaps one of Vancouver's most under-appreciated songwriters.
I've been listening to too much Spotify over the past few years. And while I've definitely discovered a lot of great music, a negative consequence of that is that records like this just never pop up. As soon as the vocals on the first song hit, it was just great to hear Leah singing again for the first time in who knows how long.
now playing: The Abramson Singers - Skull & Crossbones
