Chris Garneau - "Love Zombies". I'm very nervous to recommend any song with "zombies" in the title, particularly if the meaning is semi-literal, but here I am, smitten. It's probably the first great song he's recorded since the sublime "Not Nice" (mp3 here), but "Love Zombies" shows once again why I put faith in Chris Garneau; why I hold onto the conviction that this guy may one day record a masterpiece LP. His voice is often a shadowplay, holding up silhouettes of Antony, Regina Spektor, Sufjan Stevens, yet there's something much more robust in it than that; turn the lights on and his unique shadow would be there, flickering blue like a gas-lamp. "Love Zombies" is serious without being humourless, funny without being gutless. Garneau sings pretty, sings angry, sings playful, and in each of these modes he's a virtuoso, stirring any listener willing to be stirred. There's a glissando at 0:42 as he sings the word "wholly" and that alone would be reason to share this track with you.
Posted by Sean at December 27, 2007 8:00 AMI really love this man. Thanks for the new track!
Posted by: Jere at December 27, 2007 1:47 PMThanks for posting this! It's great and new to me.
Posted by: Rob at December 27, 2007 9:10 PMIs it wrong that I keep replaying the first 51 seconds of this song with my eyes closed?
Posted by: Arian at December 31, 2007 3:30 AMYou're suspicious of the word 'Zombies' connected with pop music? I give you a world with:
- the Monochrome Set's second LP and attendant single, 'Love Zombies'
Yes, the same title. A great song on a great LP by a great band. Buy it for $2 the next time you see a beaten-up copy lying around.
- DJ Lebowitz's 'Airplane' micro song-cycle, including with three other songlets, the fabulous 'Zombi'.
- the Zombies. the Zombies. for the love of all that is holy, the Zombies
Posted by: wcw at January 7, 2008 2:46 AM