Brian Eno & David Byrne – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Posted by PacMusic on October 8, 2008
Delightfully sung.
One of the most poncey albums of the year comes to you with compliments from Eno and Byrne. It’s a little bit airy fairy for my liking, but all the while, I find very little to insult in this album. I don’t know if it’s hypnotising me while I’m listening to it, but I find my attention drifing away while this album is on.
The whole album makes me slightly uncomfortable, I know that there’s so much that I don’t like about the album, but somehow it shouts “LOOK OVER THERE!” and points behind me every time I’m close to pinpointing the exact thing that I dislike.
It’s beautifully composed, there’s some lovely singing on here, there’s a good mix of really soft and relaxing music, and some slightly less soft and relaxing music, to add some kind of contrast in there. The style is very minimal without being empty, the music is inoffensive without being boring.
This album is like one of those pictures where it’s a jar, but also two faces. It’s very deceptive and is desperately changing from one thing to another.
Listen to this album: And be slightly confused.
72%
Extracts from ‘Home’, ‘I feel my stuff’, ‘Life is Long’ and ‘One fine day’
“Strange Overtones”
