Appendix E-J

2.5 years goes quick, I guess. 2.5 years ago things weren’t too much different. The sun did shine and the grass did grow. Then our good friend Aaron Strumpel released his Elephants stampede of an album. The sun did shine and the grass did grow, but it all looked a little different. The gentle trampling of giant feet can change your perception.

Now we stand here in the early morn and midday swelter and evening cool, and we’ve been looking at the horizon. We’ve been surveying the skies. We’ve heard for some time…for nearly those 2.5 years…that there were Birds coming. We bought new perches and suet feeders for them. We tended the trees to make them a home. We have waited.

Then, in a moment, there were sounds so loud and so near and so prying and so immediate that we could not cover our ears. We could only skip at one moment, stomp at another, flutter at this one, swirl at that…and then the one from over there slapped a groove on our forehead. We stared up for a moment and then decided, “mmm hmmm. yes. this is precisely it. precisely and with joy.”

Today, Aaron Strumpel releases Birds. Birds  moves around and in and about you. It runs after you and you run after it. It picks you up by the shoulders and flies you to vital places…places that will shake your bones and heal the gash in your head if you just open your eyes/ears.

There are familiar songs that have been played live for years: “Angel” and “Black With Tears”. An Everyday Joe’s fav “Home On Your Heart” was featured on our  Love, Everyday Joe’s Vol. 2 compilation 3 years ago, but on Birds receives an analog synth giddy-up that has been rumoured to cause living room dance parties.

In total, 12 Aves wait to build nests in your earholes. The album is available for purchase now (read: purchase it now) on Aaron’s Bandcamp page. While you should just take these words for it and buy the thing, you can also stream the album – in its entirety – below.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Related posts:

1. Summer Jammz: Josh Garrels, You Me & Apollo, Jay J Matott Music also goes well with grass and trees. Lucky for...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.