Wednesday 6 June 2007

Air - Pocket Symphony

Strange and beautiful.

Some songs are dark, but quiet and quixotic... less oppressivethan deep, like a sullen adventure.

Some are delicate.

The percussion throughout is gorgeous, almost tactile, and mild on the psyche.

As the record progresses, it sounds more and more like some lost Eno album. The final tracks are devastatingly beautiful.

Ways to listen to this record:-

Listen in the car and watch life through the windscreen become more and more "a life observed".

In the living room it transports you away.... like an out of body experience

In the dark through headphones it has that multicontinental feel that plants you in foreign and exotic environments.

Overall

Like a study in interiors.

The most beautiful Air album.

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