David Byrne and
St. Vincent will
be releasing a full collaborative album which the pair has been working on
since 2009. The two artists were originally approached by
HousingWorks with the aim of performing a concert for charity, but it was eventually
decided after a bond was formed between the artists that a full LP would be even
better.
Love This Giant, is the result and it will be released by
4AD on
September 11th . “
Who” is our first
taste of the record, and it’s a pretty great affair with lots of funky horns
and yelps. Annie and David had this to
say of the project....
“It’s an honest-to-god, straight-down-the-middle thing. He
wrote music, I wrote music; he wrote words, I wrote words. He sings half the
songs, I wrote half the songs. I’ve never been that closely entwined in the
songwriting, arranging, singing, and lyric-writing process with anyone.”
AC
“Annie suggested we use a brass band rather than the typical
rock ensemble—which would brilliantly solve the sound problems inherent in
performing in a small joint like Housing Works. A brass band wouldn’t need
mixing and could be heard acoustically in a room that size. They’d balance
themselves. Easy. We’d only need vocal mics."
"A lot of people, hearing a description of this project,
assumed that it might be an artsy indulgence, but somehow it didn’t turn out
that way. It’s a pop record—well, in my book anyway. I started to sense
that we were ending up with a sound and approach I’d never heard before. There
were elements that were reminiscent of things I’d heard, but a lot of it was
completely new. Very exciting!”
DB
