A long day
of hard work had burned me on both of my good ends. Logic disappears. The
numbness in my fingers as I’m writing this. What I need now is a bit of
relaxing music to ease the strain.
Part of the
reason I chose this one is because I love music and I love to review albums
individually.
Cruising up
from down under, the said-to-be mighty album from Grammy winner Childish
Gambino comes the “Awaken My Love!” album-effort. I always vowed myself to be open-ended
to new and innovative music. After a couple of listens, this documents my
experience:
The swing,
the mood, the vibe and; oh my soul- the basslines, are all so tasty. As I
listen from back-to-front, the three last tracks are so chill. Usually an album
starts with the up-tempo stuff, so it’s interesting to hear it from this side
on. “Stand Tall” is one trippy song, messing around with a flute and violin,
and a couple of other instruments I cannot name by word of mouth. “The Night Me
and Your Mama Met” is an instrumental effort, with a strong bassline that leads
me straight into chilltown, with a funk guitar plucking away at greatness.
Third-to-last “Baby Boy”, is a 6/8 and slow-tempo song, defined and refined by
the Childish’s transcending voice, with a talking-track put over an expanse of
melodic athleticism. Some great variation of elements in the song “California”
that reminds me of the weird efforts of Gorillaz especially. It’s like Damion
Albarn had a tequila with house music on an island paradise’s beach while
watching Fast and Furious. Some fun organ playing with flutes on this track
too. A choir appears in support of Gambino’s manic high-pitched Prince-esque
voice on the stylish track “Redbone”. Reminds me of a song called “…Like
Clockwork” by Queens of the Stone Age. The funk returns on “Riot”. Reminds me
of a band The Mars Volta. Weird stuff. It sounds like Jar-Jar Binks singing
after swallowing air from a balloon. “Zombies” is serious, serious
Gorillaz-sounding :D. It’s a very contagious song. Love it. An excellent
groove, mood and drum playing on “Boogieman”. The funk is strong with this one.
The vocals are particularly amusing. A tight drum and bass groove on “Have Some
Love” is making me sway to the bridge and chorus’ backwards rhythm. My
favourite song so far. Interesting- the album opens with a child’s music box. The
album works very well backwards, to be honest. “Me and Your Mama” switches to
an intense vocal performance from the team, then back to a psychedelic triplet mish-mash
of lazy drums, sleepy bass and hesitant ambient keyboards.
Some very interesting and new things going on this album.
Some great new, innovative and experimental sounds. Childish’s voice is very
unique. It makes me think of a mixture of Bruno Mars, OutKast, Usher and
probably a few other well-known names. The witch-doctor-ish cover weirded me out with its glaring dead eyes.
What I had learned from this task was to truly listen.
The next task is:
Go
for an extended walk in my neighbourhood while
listening to my mother talk .
Thanks for reading!
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