{"id":41474,"date":"2009-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/white-flags-of-winter-chimneys\/"},"modified":"2009-04-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T00:00:00","slug":"white-flags-of-winter-chimneys","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/white-flags-of-winter-chimneys\/","title":{"rendered":"White Flags Of Winter Chimneys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (aka Girl Bros.) are best remembered for their work with Prince as part of his onetime band The Revolution.\u00a0 Together they released and toured behind three albums over three years before the Purple One ditched them and they began putting together what would become his new outfit, The NPG. Since that time, Wendy and Lisa have worked together on a number of projects, most notably composing the music for the TV show Heroes<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Most recently, they have released their fifth album together after a ten year hiatus from recording.\u00a0 I\u2019m pleased to say that the wait has been worth it, and although White Flags Of Winter Chimneys <\/i>is not instantly accessible, it rewarded this listener for his patience after a \u201cgetting to know you\u201d period of about three weeks.\u00a0 Doing away with any label involvement, the girls bravely decided to self-release this album, and while that means it won\u2019t get the exposure it deserves, it is certainly worth searching out if you\u2019re curious as to what they sound like these days.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

While still a little punch drunk from the \u201880s, the girls sound energized and self-assured in their approach to the often mystical tales they have woven here.\u00a0 Kicking things off with \u201cBalloon\u201d is a brave choice because it\u2019s one of the albums most experimental moments.\u00a0 Wendy takes the lead, gently glides through the airy atmosphere created by some beautiful opening chords of dueling piano and guitar.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Next up is a poppy affair, with Lisa oozing plenty of spunk in delivering the defiant lyrics of \u201cInvisible.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s hard not to relate this one to His Purpleness: \u201cThose years were mine, I made us greater than our time \/ Why don\u2019t you see, the light you had because of me \/ When you were mine.\u201d\u00a0 Maybe I\u2019m reading too much into it, though. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cEver After\u201d is a beautiful sonic soundscape that offers plenty of room for the wonderfully morbid lyrics to really sink in.\u00a0 \u201cSalt & Cherries (MC5)\u201d is a guitar driven rocker that gets better with every listen.\u00a0 It sounds to me like a throwback to the glitter rock of the \u201870s, and that\u2019s always a good thing.\u00a0 The wishy- washy space- out jam of \u201cNiagra Falls\u201d is the album\u2019s only real turkey.\u00a0 \u201cRed Bike\u201d is loose and groovy in all the right places, and although I have no idea what it\u2019s about, it\u2019s good fun and is another track that I\u2019m enjoying more and more.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cYou And I\u201d is a straightforward love song that retains the album\u2019s mystical atmosphere with a simple guitar and bass arrangement.\u00a0 The title track is essentially based around the lyric, \u201cWhite flags of winter chimneys\u201d from Joni Mitchell\u2019s Hejira<\/i>.\u00a0 There\u2019s some wonderfully eerie harmonies here, and the overall theme of \u201cless is more\u201d has really paid off by now.\u00a0 The album closes with \u201cSweet Suite (Beginning At The End),\u201d which is a dreamy piano ballad that morphs into a slow-burning guitar jam that seals the deal beautifully.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

This album is not for everyone, but if you like a challenge and you are a daydreamer like yours truly, then this is the perfect soundtrack for those moments of random mind travel.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":29858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8385],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-41474","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-wendy-lisa","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41474"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41474"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}