Turin Brakes, "Pain Killer (Summer Rain)," Ether Song.Turin Brakes, "Pain Killer (Summer Rain)," Ether Song (Astralwerks) Well, how the hell was I to know that "Pain Killer" was the soundtrack to an, UGH!, Volvo commercial? I swear I got the disc before I saw and heard the TV ad. Really. Nonetheless, it is indeed disconcerting dis·con·cert tr.v. dis·con·cert·ed, dis·con·cert·ing, dis·con·certs 1. To upset the self-possession of; ruffle. See Synonyms at embarrass. 2. when one learns that of all the RP tunes that prompted album purchases, this one has also been grafted to the world's allegedly safest car. Bummer bum·mer n. 1. Slang An adverse reaction to a hallucinogenic drug. 2. Slang One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints: Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer. . Does this change my love of Turin Brakes' Ether Song? Not one bit. But I'd get a new merchandising counselor. Turin Brakes is Olly Knights and Gale Pardijanian, who have taken liberal doses of Radiohead, Belle and Sebastian, and Coldplay, and beaten them into a luscious, intelligent blend of techno-ized guitar rock, post-Thom Yorke anthemics, and a vocal mix to rival BoDeans' Sammy Llanas and Kurt Neumann. From the pining self-doubt of "Self Help" ("Remind myself that I'm not just in it for the money") to the ferocity of "Stone Thrown" to the empty, careening The careening of a sailing vessel is laying her up on a calm beach at high tide in order to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance below the water line when the tide goes out. space of "Panic Attack," Knights and Pardijanian have limned compact episodes full of pithy pith·y adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. 2. Consisting of or resembling pith. observations and off-kilter metaphors: "I'm the stone you've just thrown into the ocean/How many stones have you thrown? ... here in the ocean currents drag me deeper down/But I'm the stone that can't be drowned ..." ("Stone Thrown"). So I guess it's okay that they sold out to Volvo, but then again, I wonder if Volvo read all of the lyrics to "Pain Killer," a paean Paean (pē`ən), Paean was an epithet for Apollo, the healer. The paean, a hymn of praise to Apollo and often to other gods, was sung as a prayer for safety or deliverance at battles and other important occasions. to fellatio A sexual act in which a male places his penis into the mouth of another person. At Common Law, fellatio was considered a crime against nature. It was classified as a felony and punishable by imprisonment and/or death. ? There's a metaphor there somewhere ... |
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