SOUNDTRACK: JAMES VINCENT McMORROW-Tiny Desk Concert #151 (August 25, 2011).
I don’t know McMorrow. He is an Irish singer who plays acoustic guitar. His singing voice switches between a kind of raspy voice and a keening falsetto.
He plays four songs and his style and voice reminds me a lot of Bon Iver.
I don’t find any of his song especially compelling. They’re all nice–the humming part of “This Old Dark Machine” is pretty memorable. As the part in the middle where he seems to get pretty intense.
“Sparrow And The Wolf” has some nice chord changes. I think my favorite song is “Follow You Down To The Red Oak Tree,” which opens a little differently.
I have to say it’s a little awkward watching him up close as he does some pretty unusual things with his face when he sings.
The final song, “Red Dust” really shows off his falsetto. I found his songs to be entirely pleasant and think they would sound great in a coffeeshop on a Sunday afternoon.
[READ: February 3, 2015] Moomin Volume 5
Moomin Book 5 is composed entirely of strips written by Lars and drawn by Tove. These are the final strips that she contributed to. And, as such, there are only three chapters in the book. As with the others these stories originally ran in the Evening News, London 1953-1959.
The chapters are called “Moomin Winter” “Moomin Under Sail” and “Fuddler’s Courtship”
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