The Bird & The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
[Blue Note, 2009]

The Bird & The Bee’s sophomore effort, Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future, is simply great - in dreamy pop, with soft vocals of Inara George, warm bossa nova and smooth rhythms. No better thing to brighten a grey day. Inara George and Greg Kurstin are wonderful with their chamber pop tunes. Retro melodies, like songs from old movies that you simply love. Moderately danceable and very singable.

14 tracks and 45 minutes of pure easy-going attitude. Despite the serious roots of the name - a U.S. military invention, ray guns. Sometimes, like on What’s In The Middle, it sounds like Japanese music of the sorts of Fantastic Plastic Machine. Diamond Dave is the one from the movies. It’s nearly impossible to skip Love Letter To Japan - all jumpy and light. Baby is candy-romantic and slow bossa-nova. And one of my favorites, Polite Dance Song - like march of toys. Each and every song is in a different mood, all of them sweet.

It’s a very girly album (so I’m currently in love with it). And the boys can go play with their toys.

Read & Listen:
The Bird & The Bee website
The Bird & The Bee Myspace
Birthday mp3
What’s In The Middle mp3

Monday, January 19th, 2009 @ %0:%Jan %p music reviews
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