Set to a country barroom theme, it finds the duo at their funniest as they explore A.I. Taken from the first words sent over the internet in 1969, Lo and Behold is described as a love story between two rival virtual assistants – Alexa and Siri. It’s a beautiful highlight with that warmness of the song accentuated further by the radio newsreel that follows, played over the noise of happy cooing babies to the repeated refrain ‘ode to the man with the golden arm’. Here’s it’s the selfless act rather than the facts that come to the fore “rare gift hero, kindness runs along your veins”. Harrison’s blood plasma contains a potent antibody that saved an estimated 2.5 million babies in Australia. Delicate strings and slightly hushed but intimate vocal duets offer a caressing warmth for the heartwarming tale of James Harrison. The mood is lightened with Ode To The Man With The Golden Arm. These little morsels will feed your curiosity and undoubtedly lead to some post-listening research. Little historical snippets are dropped in – Littleport on Spa Fields Shelly and Frankenstein. Each is carefully crafted and balanced with the minimum of ingredients for maximum effect. The effects were felt across the world, from mainland Europe to North America with the coldest summer on record, resulting in failed harvests, food shortages and rioting.Īs throughout the songs on Quantum lyrics, Henwood and Napier handle their songs like test-tube experiments. The acoustic blues offers the only light to the pervading darkness of the events of 1815 and the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. You can almost smell the sulfur as 1800 And Froze To Death begins. Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the starsĭid wander darkling in the eternal space, I had a dream, which was not all a dream. These interludes, which were written and produced by Henwood, bring a tangible feel to the songs, making clever use of newsreels, soundbites and, in the case of the album opener 1800 And Froze To Death, poetry.įindlay Napier opens the EP to selected extracts from Lord Byron’s “Darkness”, read to the backdrop of a hellish sounding erupting volcano, the weight of darkness is heavy as he reads Byron’s apocalyptic vision: Since their debut, they’ve refined their process, and, in keeping with the science theme, the songs on Quantum Lyrics are interspersed with additional ‘specimens’. They return once more for Quantum Lyrics, an EP that delights on so many levels, delivering a choice selection of song-tales, written and co-produced by the duo, that takes the listener on a rollercoaster journey as they explore science, life, humanity and beyond. In 2019 Findlay Napier and Megan Henwood joined forces for The Story Song Scientists, an EP that showcased their “intelligent songwriting and delightful voices in equal measure”. The Story Song Scientists – Quantum Lyrics
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