Taken By Trees – My Boys (Animal Collective cover)

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I would love to do a remix of this cover.  This is a cover of an Animal Collective track called, “My Girls”.  Taken by Trees is the moniker used by Victoria Bergsman, whom you might  recognize  as the voice from Peter Bjorn and John’s, “Young Folks”.  The  instrumentation  on this track reminds me of Vampire Weekend.

lyrics:
There isn’t much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl, and by my spouse,
I only want a proper house
I don’t care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave,
But to provide for mine who ask
I will, with heart, on my father’s grave
On my father’s grave
(On your father’s grave)
I don’t mean to seem like I
Care about material things,
Like a social status,
I just want
Four walls and adobe slats
For my boys

Sparrow House – When I Am Gone

Sparrow House is the occasional side-project for Jared Van Fleet (guitarist/keyboardist for Voxtrot).   Like   a brisk, relaxing fall day, Sparrow House is exactly what the doctor ordered.   I’m a sucker for anything that sounds like it could be included in a Wes Anderson soundtrack, in particular The Royal Tenenbaums.   This could have easily fit the scene where Richie Tenenbaum (played by Luke Wilson) attempts to commit suicide.   Don’t let that last sentence throw you off — it’s meant as a compliment.

Sparrow House – When I Am Gone