Airy wings of rusty light love - "The Circle Married The Line"

"The Circle Married The Line" Feist

Holy eyes-closed smile this is my new warm soft sweater on the brisk music landscape of my life. I'm a simple Feist fan, not an enthusiast by any means, so I casually downloaded her new album, riskily "going for it," ending up so glad I did. "Metals" is thoughtful and deliberate, each song is a little gem. I love it - feels more folk than her hits, more personal than "Mushaboom" (listen to "The Bad in Each Other"). If "1,2,3,4" was a rainbow and "Intuition" is chest-warming liquor by candles then "The Circle Married The Line" is when you dream you're a flying bird and wake up happy. The sound is full; the album deserves a listen on your best headphones. At the very least, Leslie Feist's voice is simply beautiful.

When to play it: Lying happily in a sea of pillows; quitting your job and smiling and running down a sunny warm street to catch your true love before he gets on a train to leave forever!

Side note: Pretty sure you can sign up to hear the whole album streaming here. Funny enough, YouTube really isn't featuring any songs from the album yet, as it's a brand new release, but my chosen song had a great live performance video via KCRW.

Black and white rainy piece of love glass - "Letter to Hermione" David Bowie

"Letter to Hermione" David Bowie

I heard this song on a Ricky Gervais podcast; it's one of his favorites of all time. I've never heard a Bowie song like this. This song makes me feel like I'm in a vintage black and white movie, sadly walking down a rainy sidewalk, a broken-hearted man peering out of a rain splattered cafe window. This song is pretty and sad, simple and rich, short but powerful. I don't have a lot of favorite "love songs"; I think this made the cut.

When to play it: A grey rainy afternoon.

How you'll move: I don't think you will; eyes-closed sing-a-long only.

Side note: I think the length and content of this post is relative to the song. This song is a track on "Space Oddity."

Keyboard rock harmony weave of doom - "Try It On" Interpol

"Try It On" Interpol

Ok ok, I know what you're thinking. Liz, you love Interpol. Interpol released the new self-titled album 13 days ago... late much? I apologize for the delay; sometimes it takes a few solid listens before I'm moved (and this blog is about moving). So one of my favorite songs off the new album is "Try It On." It is a layered onion, seasoned indie rockers weaving a musical basket of minor goodness.

The song builds into a noise chaos that really moves me to tap my toe, close my eyes, and mentally float on a Paul Banks love cloud. The song starts with a child-like piano hook, creepy whistling, and a cymbal-infused drum beat. Paul Banks lays the monotone vocals, add some electric guitar ranting with a dash of kick drum, BAM before you know it, we have a clash of overlapping Paul Banks wondertones and you're rocking. This is Emeril shit.

When to play it: Lying on your couch in the dark with candles.

Side note: I'm sure Interpol fans would say the new album doesn't hold a candle (while lying on the couch) to "The Heinrich Maneuver," "PDA," "Specialist," or the like, but this album is cohesive in sound and craftsmanship, doom & gloom, and represents a general progression in Interpol's music self. Check it out at iTunes or give some songs a listen here.