Weeks ago, John sent me an email telling me I needed to download “Into the Blue Again” by The Album Leaf. Since then, I have only previewed the songs and have yet to download it and therefore cannot give a true “yay” or “nay.” I will, however, say that it sounds much more up Matt’s alley than mine. The instrumentation sounds pretty fun and creative which often draws in my arrangement-minded hubby moreso than myself. All this to say let’s all download it together! And listen together! And review together! In true online community fashion.
What I HAVE been listening to a lot of this week is Getz/Gilberto in preparation for yesterday, and the song that Matt always writes for me on either our anniversary or my birthday. He is such a gifted songwriter and last year’s tune was a lovely samba along the vein of Getz/Gilberto. So all week long I’ve been spinning the album only to be thrown for a loop when Matt busted out the guitar last night to play me a song that sounded very much influenced by Coldplay! See why I love him so much? He can go from MMW to Getz/Gilberto to Coldplay and back again, wooing me all the while. And whether or not he’d like to admit it, my birthday song from 2003 sounded very recent Elvis Costello-ish!
At any rate, until Matty records all these songs for you to listen to, you’re going to have to listen to Getz/Gilberto and try to imagine him playing all of those songs. Not entirely a difficult thing to imagine. And I challenge you to NOT become instantly relaxed and/or immediately crave a martini. Check out the sidebar widget for more.
