Glad to see MJ Lenderman's new album "Boat Songs" named best new album by Pitchfork. MJ Lenderman is the guitarist of the band Wednesday. "Boat Song" has previously released two solo albums recorded in non-professional studios, which are not well known. He's from Nashville, North Carolina. He has a great voice, and likes to cover up his vocals with an electric guitar. The image is immediately obvious - a man with his head bowed and holding a guitar, what a classic old-fashioned image that won't get tired of it.
Lenderman is probably under his age, but he definitely looks like a "Generation X" guy. When I was a child, I had a key around my neck, I would buy things with banknotes and coins (it can be counted as change), and I grew up with a TV and a phone. The magic power of these two things is always stronger than that of computers and mobile phones, so he still has enough time to explore the streets and stadiums, read the expressions carefully in the interaction with real people, and let the idle time be swayed by the thoughts that follow. He's what the kid from "Walk With Me" and "Stranger Things" grew up to be. By choosing to pursue a career in music (rather than finance or real estate), he retains the world's eyes, cruelty and compassion as a child.
This kind of life is not enough. Ron Rush has written many novels about the inescapable American South, the tedious life, shame and shame. If I had to pick one song to cover it all, I would pick "Tastes Just Like It Costs". The guitar is hooked up to the effects, and the electrical noise blurs the view like sweat that never dries up. The lyrics are unusually concise, revolving around a silly hat, a butcher shop, and two bad lives; a pair of lovers, one screaming, and the other entering a new world in the psychedelic of drugs. "My dear, expensive meat tastes expensive." This sentence was repeated so many times that I forgot what it meant. Sentences are disengaged from context and become a force in themselves, holding you tightly and not letting you leave the hallucination. It makes you never leave this street, never leave the South.
"SUV" is another incarnation of a novel. Emotions are like a hurricane crossing the border. In an abandoned house that is isolated from the world and has no Internet signal, several young men and women are guarding a broken TV. They are deeply addicted to drugs and self-destruct their future. This is the scene of the novel. The protagonist of the song is a depressed young man. He keeps his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend's SUV key on the bed as a talisman and "takes a photo of the two of us" to protect his boring life. Lenderman's songs are short, and he knows how to throw the shortest sentences into the suffocating sound of the air before a storm. That force pushes you through the transparent door and into the world of implication.
The next song (the last one), "Six Flags", continues to try to get through the mud. Texas loneliness, destroyed love, no cause and effect, only a hapless guitar voice, foreshadowing a future with no future.
Loop to the first song "Hangover Game". Lenderman tells a 1990s story in the 1990s indie rock world. Jordan's 'food poisoning' incident is disguised as a disguise. The news that has been lively for a while, the elated music comes from the absurd event itself, or is it the teenage years who sincerely care about these things? We've also had times when the community cheers when a goal is scored, healthier people are of one mind, and there are more hopes than disappointments in life. We went through fake Jordans, real Jordans ate "poisoned pizza", what's that? "I love drinking too."
There have been many old "boat songs", and Lenderman's version ("You Have Bought Yourself A Boat") is the furthest from the sea. The details that emerge from the water are the friends who bought a boat, the friends who wear old clothes, the wet seaside night, the mothballs in the headlights. He picks up broken images of life for goldfish, leaving unfriendly voices in the shadows, cockroach-rat-like sounds that trigger alertness and discomfort. In Lenderman's short story, life is like two mirrors facing each other. When you turn your eyes to a certain angle, you will see countless figures.
Those stories can be made up any way they want. For example, "Dan Mario" can be used as a follow-up to "A friend bought a boat." The Tom Brady poster has been replaced in the little shop by the beach. How many repetitions does a person have before disappearing? According to the news, this year Brady made a comeback just 41 days after announcing his retirement. Lenderman's eyes saw the smallest changes. He boarded a friend's boat and watched the dolphins dance in the warm bay. In front of the bright beauty, he was speechless and could only take out two pianos. One brushes the strings, and the other runs a winding melody like a trellis. The simpler the piano sound, the more moving it is.
Listen to the last song again, it's a love song. "You Are Every Girl To Me", it's getting late, clear drums, and energetic love. Miami's little blue puddle is the last tear in a dry community pool. Everything in the world has its own meaning. Seeds falling from bird food jars attract flocks of flocks for food; fools are always fun, just as the earth is always round. Community canteen, home cooking. My love for you is justifiable, and I can prove my heart with a T-shirt I bought at the airport.
"Boat Song" is just like the first time you listen to it, but there is something that attracts you to listen to it for the second time, the third time, and even the charm of loop playback. It is like a postcard from the past, painting the scenery of the seaside street, overlooking the waves and shadows of ships. The sound of guitars playing and singing came from a small shop. You know, people are most likely to be attracted to music at this time. But what is he singing? It's all stories with no beginning and no end. The melody is memorized first, followed by the lyrics glued to it.
Long after you've left the beach, the streamer suddenly recommends these songs to you. You turn it on, put on your headphones, that's how you feel now.
Lenderman is probably under his age, but he definitely looks like a "Generation X" guy. When I was a child, I had a key around my neck, I would buy things with banknotes and coins (it can be counted as change), and I grew up with a TV and a phone. The magic power of these two things is always stronger than that of computers and mobile phones, so he still has enough time to explore the streets and stadiums, read the expressions carefully in the interaction with real people, and let the idle time be swayed by the thoughts that follow. He's what the kid from "Walk With Me" and "Stranger Things" grew up to be. By choosing to pursue a career in music (rather than finance or real estate), he retains the world's eyes, cruelty and compassion as a child.
The Boat Songs album
While the song was being recorded, the screens on the wall in the studio silently played WWE and basketball games. Lenderman imagined a childhood friend who grew up on a mission to "be everyone's hero." When I grow up, the screen separates "you" and "me". "You" fight in the WWE cage. "It still hurts me to see you fall like this/Although I know it's just a show" (TLC Cagematch). The two guitars intertwined carelessly, like two ferocious wrestlers on the stage, providing the audience with a wonderful performance when there is no way out. Lenderman stripped away the burrs of voices and memories, leaving only a few mournful lines. He was like an old friend, sitting on the living room floor with a guitar and singing a mutual friend. They grew up together, "life drives us crazy, and all the heroes we admired as children are dead." The singing is calm, because the melody is so good, I forgot about the mess of life for a while.This kind of life is not enough. Ron Rush has written many novels about the inescapable American South, the tedious life, shame and shame. If I had to pick one song to cover it all, I would pick "Tastes Just Like It Costs". The guitar is hooked up to the effects, and the electrical noise blurs the view like sweat that never dries up. The lyrics are unusually concise, revolving around a silly hat, a butcher shop, and two bad lives; a pair of lovers, one screaming, and the other entering a new world in the psychedelic of drugs. "My dear, expensive meat tastes expensive." This sentence was repeated so many times that I forgot what it meant. Sentences are disengaged from context and become a force in themselves, holding you tightly and not letting you leave the hallucination. It makes you never leave this street, never leave the South.
"SUV" is another incarnation of a novel. Emotions are like a hurricane crossing the border. In an abandoned house that is isolated from the world and has no Internet signal, several young men and women are guarding a broken TV. They are deeply addicted to drugs and self-destruct their future. This is the scene of the novel. The protagonist of the song is a depressed young man. He keeps his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend's SUV key on the bed as a talisman and "takes a photo of the two of us" to protect his boring life. Lenderman's songs are short, and he knows how to throw the shortest sentences into the suffocating sound of the air before a storm. That force pushes you through the transparent door and into the world of implication.
The next song (the last one), "Six Flags", continues to try to get through the mud. Texas loneliness, destroyed love, no cause and effect, only a hapless guitar voice, foreshadowing a future with no future.
Loop to the first song "Hangover Game". Lenderman tells a 1990s story in the 1990s indie rock world. Jordan's 'food poisoning' incident is disguised as a disguise. The news that has been lively for a while, the elated music comes from the absurd event itself, or is it the teenage years who sincerely care about these things? We've also had times when the community cheers when a goal is scored, healthier people are of one mind, and there are more hopes than disappointments in life. We went through fake Jordans, real Jordans ate "poisoned pizza", what's that? "I love drinking too."
There have been many old "boat songs", and Lenderman's version ("You Have Bought Yourself A Boat") is the furthest from the sea. The details that emerge from the water are the friends who bought a boat, the friends who wear old clothes, the wet seaside night, the mothballs in the headlights. He picks up broken images of life for goldfish, leaving unfriendly voices in the shadows, cockroach-rat-like sounds that trigger alertness and discomfort. In Lenderman's short story, life is like two mirrors facing each other. When you turn your eyes to a certain angle, you will see countless figures.
Those stories can be made up any way they want. For example, "Dan Mario" can be used as a follow-up to "A friend bought a boat." The Tom Brady poster has been replaced in the little shop by the beach. How many repetitions does a person have before disappearing? According to the news, this year Brady made a comeback just 41 days after announcing his retirement. Lenderman's eyes saw the smallest changes. He boarded a friend's boat and watched the dolphins dance in the warm bay. In front of the bright beauty, he was speechless and could only take out two pianos. One brushes the strings, and the other runs a winding melody like a trellis. The simpler the piano sound, the more moving it is.
Listen to the last song again, it's a love song. "You Are Every Girl To Me", it's getting late, clear drums, and energetic love. Miami's little blue puddle is the last tear in a dry community pool. Everything in the world has its own meaning. Seeds falling from bird food jars attract flocks of flocks for food; fools are always fun, just as the earth is always round. Community canteen, home cooking. My love for you is justifiable, and I can prove my heart with a T-shirt I bought at the airport.
"Boat Song" is just like the first time you listen to it, but there is something that attracts you to listen to it for the second time, the third time, and even the charm of loop playback. It is like a postcard from the past, painting the scenery of the seaside street, overlooking the waves and shadows of ships. The sound of guitars playing and singing came from a small shop. You know, people are most likely to be attracted to music at this time. But what is he singing? It's all stories with no beginning and no end. The melody is memorized first, followed by the lyrics glued to it.
Long after you've left the beach, the streamer suddenly recommends these songs to you. You turn it on, put on your headphones, that's how you feel now.
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