Bird Streets – It’s A Start
It’s quite likely that the worst thing that can happen for our fragile psyches is for everything to work out in the end. That’ll be so tragic, in fact, that none of it will receive any coverage, let alone parades out in the streets.
With all of the serious problems resolved, we’d finally have the time to get back to our favourite pastime – worrying. And, as it turns out, the majority of us have unlimited resources and creativity when it comes to making enemies of our own minds. We’ll need the soothing, mysterious sounds of the likes of Bird Streets.
In fact, besides this kind of sound, if you’re looking for investment advice, I’d say pour all of your cash into yoga retreats. Once everything has cooled down, everyone who can afford it will have a guru on hand to teach them how to breathe and to relax.
Inspired by Elliott Smith’s brand of sweet-and-sour pop-folk, “It’s a Start” finds Bird Streets looking at the made-up problems of the people of the world, while taking pity on them and providing them with a soundtrack to the “breathe in, breathe out” routine. The troubles of the world remain exactly as many in the minds of the listeners of Bird Streets’ music as they do in everyone else. The cure? Putting them off for a while.
TEF – The Love I Need
If you’re life has shaped out well enough, you’re probably still gathering clues as to how to live it. You’ve accumulated knowledge, found strategies to get over past defeats, and are adding to your vocabulary every day.
If things have gone really well, then you’re still hungry to learn more. For example, if you happen to be blessed with the gift of creativity, you want to acquire even more methods to say the things that you want to say. Amsterdam’s TEF certainly do.
But, if you’re conscience is clean, it’s also very likely that your thoughts are stained. What has caused them to be this way is the uncertainty of the times that we live in, together with the acceptance that violence and greed are always part of this world’s fabric.
TEF dares to put the cynicism aside and forget about all of the fancy, modern tricks that the group has picked up. Instead, for the single “The Love I Need,” the band goes back to a kind of Jethro Tull-like folk-rock sound, and a directness once embraced by hippie bands. Yes, this is part of the cure, and if enough of us embrace these ideas fully, we may make it out of the woods.
