Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Bahamas - Pink Strat



Dear girls,

You are going to love the Bahamas. It's a band — well, it's mostly one guy — who makes the sweetest music ever. Sung quietly and smootly by Afie Jurvanen with an almost comically endearing quality, this is music about love. Period.

His latest album is a simply-made love letter to someone, probably his wife or guitar. I saw him play a backyard show in London and his guitar skills were remarkable if understated.

But what was even more satisfying was his stage presence. He's got this dry, silly sarcasm that comes through as much in the record as it does in person. Songs like "Hockey Teeth" would be completely ridiculous if his humour didn't set the stage for this kind of unusual, honest songwriting.

With an average song length of about two minutes, the album flies by faster than you'd like. It closes with two of its strongest. The final "Whole, Wide, World" chronicles a love story (no kidding) between two lovers who can't find each other. The second last tune, "Till the Morning," is only two minutes long but the guitar work and throaty soprano singing accomplishes so much with so little. Sometimes you can say more in a sentence than you can in a novel. The Bahamas does that. Listen listen listen to this tune.

4 comments:

  1. Love it! Beautiful music, beautiful words. His voice is very soothing; it's something I would like to listen to when I'm in.... The Bahamas?!

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  2. You're right, I loved it! The music is gorgeous... quiet, simple, and raw. This song makes me want to curl up on the couch with a cup of tea haha. There's just this calming, comforting feeling about it.

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