Riding home on the Subway last night I decided to pop on The newest Walkmen offering, You & Me, released late summer, this past August.
I initially fell for their album Bows & Arrows which dropped back in early ’04. Their sound hasn’t changed a lot from album to album, and maybe for this reason when You & Me came out I had realised it was a nice one, but just didn’t bother giving it the chance it needed to breathe. After having listened to it front to back last night, I have to say I’ve changed my tune about the album. It’s delicate, enchanting, and carries with it a certain timeless quality. The production of the album is consistent the whole way through, carrying with it a very ethereal live feel. For this reason the songs share a similarity in overall feel, really wrapping up each and every track together into a solid album. As this whole it is a really great body of work, which should be taken in front to back.
Smithy Says: This album puts forth a certain festive groove and exuberance which is to be best paired with a nice bottle of Vino, tinto of course, perhaps early on in the evening, or with Vino, or Bourbon toward the end wind-down of a festive holiday fete. Bread and Butter baby.
Here is the only official video so far from the album, ‘In The New Year’
Also here is a live version of another tune from the album, ‘Canadian Girl’
If you like these definitely check the album. One of the years best, maybe not top ten, but up there.
I’ll leave this post with an upbeat throw down from their 2004 Album Bows & Arrows, ‘The Rat’. Really, reeeally good….
Happy December second.
