By Mike Faloon
Last summer Black Wine released their second album, Summer of Indifference. I listened to it a lot and kept a journal. It’s part of a zine called Learning to Surf. Here is day nine.
I've had "End of Days" and "Favorites" in my head all day. I love the way Miranda and J trade vocals early in "End of Days," then share vocals the second time they come around to the "Psyche myself up for what might come" part. Compared to the band's first album they're subtler about how they mix girl and guy vocals, though I kind of miss songs like "Strange, Amazing" or "Broken Arm Bear" where the harmonies were more prominent. I also wish there was a song like "We Belong," one of those long album closers that achieves the Neil Young and Crazy Horse effect — a simple, driving song that successfully locks onto a guitar riff and as far as I'm concerned could repeat said riff endlessly.
That said Summer of Indifference may be the better record. Black Wine sounds more confident, more cohesive as a band.
I traded e-mails with J about "Hand." "It's my creation. Without getting too personal it's a story about when I paid the price for the stupid shit I do when I'm drunk because of a nosey stranger."
From Learning to Surf, a one-shot music zine by Mike Faloon.
Read past installments of We Should Talk More – Ten Days with the Black Wine’s Summer of Indifference.
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