"Flesh & Spirits"

The Gena Rowlands Band has a new album called "Flesh & Spirits" that comes out tomorrow and I highly suggest you buy it. You can get the actual CD here, or download the files on iTunes (as of tomorrow, I'd assume) And, of course, it can be found at a record store near you!

Ever since I first listened to GRB I've struggled to describe them accurately. They've got a Rufus Wainwright meets the Magnetic Fields sort of thing going on. But so much more. A sentence from the review of their first album on Pitchfork describes them best (and keeps me from having to do any actual work):

"The music could qualify as chamber pop if it had any pretense of wanting to be pop-- instead the violas, vibes, clarinets, and cellos drift along behind Massey's wine-stained baritone, forming a sort of stream-of-consciousness backdrop that drifts in and out of dissonance, occasionally dissolving to a minimalist wisp."

Now, this album has more of a pretense of wanting to be pop. But only a little bit. Anyhow, it's really frikin' great; all of GRB's stuff is the kind of music that gets better and better with each listen.

Here are a few of my favorite tracks from the album for your perusal. Listen, enjoy, repeat. And buy the CD. Bob needs a new pair of shoes!

The Joke I Play On Washington
Althea
God and the Way Women Walk

(Apple people: option click to download, PC people: right click to download.)