‘Teaspoon’ by The Long Winters
This song got me into the Long Winters, and it’s still a favorite. Pure indie rock perfection.
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Today is the 10th anniversary of the Long Winters’ amazing second album, When I Pretend to Fall. This album is foundational, in my world.
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Scared Straight - The Long Winters
You were hurt so you got hard
You were cursed and scolded and scared
You were searched for, then ignored
You want to burn the liars? you’ll set us both on fireLet me breathe fire down on you
The horns add so much to this song.
Oh yes.
My songwriting approach can be distilled down to “try to write something even half as good as ‘Carparts’.”
This is me wearing a Long Winters t-shirt and looking like I’m going mad for some reason, right before I appeared on the radio this morning to promote our concert tonight and participate in witty repartee with the hosts of The Good Show.
I do not know why I look like I am losing all grip on sanity.
My dinner companion for tonight.
Oh man - a new song by one of my musical idols, John Roderick of The Long Winters. And it’s great. Loving it.
Finally getting to hear this in person was a highlight.
And an apt introduction: “It has every time signature.”
So you know how you get yer picture taken with one of your music heroes and throw it on your Tumblr because hey, when the hell else are you gonna have something this cool happen to ya, and then the Tumblr blog of said music hero’s podcast reblogs it and you’re like, uh, shit, what, and you’re splashed across pixels with one of those looks of joyful dorkosity on your face and your hair’s doing something weird you can’t quite explain in the back there?
But it’s OK, because, well, holy shit?
Yeah, that.
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John Roderick at The Granada in Dallas last night, as photographed by Bill Ellison
