What is it about the song that resonates with you? I wasn’t until late December that I just couldn’t stop listening. My friend Ted McGrath told me I needed to listen to it, twice i think. It was December of 2008, shortly after it was released.
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But today, July 12th 2012 at 5:33pm I pick Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak.ĭo you remember when you received or purchased the album? Here are some front runners that I will not speak on, Brian Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain, Tall Dwarfs’ Fork Songs, Henry Cowell’s Piano Music, Mahalia Jackson’s Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns box set, Depeche Mode’s Music For The Masses, Fugazi’s In On The Kill Taker, Laurie Anderson’s Big Science, Sonic Youth’s Bad Moon Rising + Sister, Max Roach’s We Insist Freedom Now Suite, Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure, Moondog’s The Viking of Sixth Avenue, The Creatures’ Feast & Spacemen 3’s Perfect Perscription. My answer to this will change most likely depending on my mood. Here is what she told us about her favorite record of July 12, Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak. With such a diverse range of influences, it was no surprise that Talk Normal’s Andrya Ambro had a tough time nailing down her favorite record as she waivered between greats by Brian Eno, Fugazi, Roxy Music, The Creatures and more.
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Jarring rhythms and feedback-drenched guitar tones lace Sunshine’s nine surprisingly songful tunes – creating a sound informed by their predecessors (Cocteau Twins, Velvet Underground, Laurie Anderson & Creatures), but strikingly new.
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On Talk Normal’s sophomore LP Sunshine, out this October on Joyful Noise Recordings, the Brooklyn duo unveil songs that sparkle with melody and dissonance.