Sunday, June 15, 2008

Costanza - I've Been Waiting For You

Fading into Sunday afternoon with just a slight breeze as the thermometer wavers at 105 degrees. The barbeque is done, father’s day is a distant memory and sharing this peace is the music of Costanza whispering through the leaves of the fig bushes, “fading away”. The beat of the music is just below the beat of a heart, thus affecting a slower pace than I normally take, effectively allowing relaxation. The album travels through many spheres of reality, including a very personal take on an Odetta song from Johnny Cash’s final album, God’s Gonna Cut You Down (“I’ve been down on my bended knee talking to the man from Galilee”). Shoutouts for Tuoi Occi - Sono Pieni Di Sale, Silence, and Coming Home. Costanza - thanks for helping the humidity feel less oppressive because of your aural presence. A special shoutout for the experimental tune Just Another Alien, which has Costanza's music in the background of the spoken words from US Immigration Form DS-156 recited as 'poetry.' Costanza