Brown Bird – Such Unrest
Choose one word to describe this album.
I choose “humility.”
I’ve heard of albums being “airy” or “hollow” or having a “silence in the spaces between the lyrics and the music where the listener can lay back their head onto a soft pillow of a peaceful emptiness.” What does any of that even mean?
Such Unrest is very laid-back, and leaves one feeling…. not quite sad, but something like it that is less dreary. Overall, this album is full of romance and possibilities, but the music is so quiet that one could easily mistake it for sadness. David Lamb’s whispered vocals are complimented well by his sparse guitar lines. Jerusha Robinson lends to the sad feeling, as it often sounds as though her cello is actually moaning and weeping. Jeremy Robinson restrains himself to the point of near anxiety for his banjo, accordian, toy piano, and other instruments.
Stated simply, this album is wonderful. The songs are beautiful.
