Readers (few as you may be) beware, this paragraph is written more to myself than you, skipping it is advised but not mandatory. I have a problem with committing to the little things, things like this blog. I only post when the fancy strikes. This, as made so painfully obvious by the archives , is rare. So I write this in public as a promise to myself that I will compose, edit and publish a new post at least once a month. Even if no one ever reads it again. Even if I never make a bloody dime from it, I will continue to post at least once a month until emerging technologies render blogs as a whole useless and dumb. Because I need to establish the discipline required to follow through on the little things. As a show of good faith I am posting this when it's the last fucking thing in the world I want to do. Now that that's taken care of, on to the music!
Laura Marling. I can write it like that because to those already in the know her name is a statement, a sentence all unto itself. Imagine if you will, two friends throwing out names of their favorite lyricists: "James Taylor" says the first.
"Dan Folgerber", retorts the other.
"Bob Dylan"
"John Mayhall"
"Niel Young"
And so it goes, on and on, until one of the two declares with absolute authority; "Laura - Marling". At that point all present would probably witness a glazing of eyes, a pair of faint smiles and hear a soft but definite echo; "Laura Marling".
An old soul if there ever was one, Laura writes of love, lust and romance, the futility of religion, self-loathing and human psychology, not with the ignorance of youth but the poise and maturity of one who's lived a life full of loves (some lost, some buried), wars, weddings, births, torture and occasionally even redemption. To listen to her sing is to expose yourself to a cascade of emotion equal to or greater than anything ever penned by the likes of those listed above and so many more.
With that I close and leave you with a few choice songs from her latest work, my Album of the Moment, "I Speak Because I Can".
Until next time,
Matt
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