Joan of Arc - 'On a Bedsheet in the Breeze on the Roof'
Well, the madness is finally over. My girl's best friend has thus been married off to a Las Vegas police officer (not as mean as he sounds) and is gone for a time. The whole situation of being involved in DJing the reception and the like made me quite contemplative, which is cool, just exhausting. School is hard, but that's fine too. But that's not why you're here.
In the midst of everything, my life has begun to feel a bit like a Joan of Arc song. I think that it always does, but it depends on which record. The last week has felt like 'Live in Chicago, 1999' and it has since evened out to something a little more manageable like something from 'So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness'. Life in the Northwest is always a bit chaotic for me seeing as this is not my natural dwelling place, but at times it coalesces into something easier to listen to for the trained ear. It never evens out to the point where it feels like an Owen song, but that's probably why I listen to those records so much: because it's out of longing for something a little more lush. Maybe not lush, but more calculated.
Either way, I've been listening to 'So Much Staying Alive...' which came out on Jade Tree in 2003. Since then, mastermind Tim Kinsella has released a rarities collection ('The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc') and a new record for Record Label ('Eventually, All at Once') but I can't say that he's topped the album with anything that I've heard him do. The thing is a controlled chaotic world unto itself illustrated by some of the best clean electric guitar tone I've ever heard in my life. Today I'm treating you to 'On a Bedsheet in the Breeze on the Roof' from that record, which I hated the first ten times I heard it but I honestly can't get enough of this guy. Don't believe the hype: Joan of Arc is actually really really good.
On a Bedsheet in the Breeze on the Roof by Joan of Arc
In the midst of everything, my life has begun to feel a bit like a Joan of Arc song. I think that it always does, but it depends on which record. The last week has felt like 'Live in Chicago, 1999' and it has since evened out to something a little more manageable like something from 'So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness'. Life in the Northwest is always a bit chaotic for me seeing as this is not my natural dwelling place, but at times it coalesces into something easier to listen to for the trained ear. It never evens out to the point where it feels like an Owen song, but that's probably why I listen to those records so much: because it's out of longing for something a little more lush. Maybe not lush, but more calculated.
Either way, I've been listening to 'So Much Staying Alive...' which came out on Jade Tree in 2003. Since then, mastermind Tim Kinsella has released a rarities collection ('The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc') and a new record for Record Label ('Eventually, All at Once') but I can't say that he's topped the album with anything that I've heard him do. The thing is a controlled chaotic world unto itself illustrated by some of the best clean electric guitar tone I've ever heard in my life. Today I'm treating you to 'On a Bedsheet in the Breeze on the Roof' from that record, which I hated the first ten times I heard it but I honestly can't get enough of this guy. Don't believe the hype: Joan of Arc is actually really really good.
On a Bedsheet in the Breeze on the Roof by Joan of Arc
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