Maybe the sun will shine today

Indeed the sun has shone, and I can only imagine that the new Wilco album has a lot to do with it. I've spent a great amount of time listening to it for the past six days. At first I spent a little too much time listening to it, so I plugged in Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain for a few days and have now returned to Sky Blue Sky. About a month ago my mother ended up with SBS on her iPod, and I'm still not sure how. I listened to the low-quality version and got worried. I wasn't entirely sure what I was listening to; was this Wilco's soft album? But my fears were quickly put to bed as I listened to the full album all the way through for the first time. Sure, it isn't what I thought Wilco's followup to A Ghost is Born would sound like, but though it misses my expectations, it exceeds them at the same time. I've read a lot of reviews and interviews with Jeff over the past few weeks, and I get the feeling that he rather enjoys putting out an album that makes people unsure of how to approach it. Anyway.

Everytime I listen to the album I find something else that I love about it. The three-guitar solo in "Impossible Germany" will live in my soul for a long, long time, if not forever. How the music finds a beautiful balance of intricateness and simplicity. The beauty of the music in general. The guitar tones of "Hate it Here" [sounds like it's off the White album] and "Walken" [Southern-rock?]. A return to lyrics that I can relate to [I'm not entirely sure what an "aquarium drinker" is]. I've read in several interviews that the band really just wanted to create something that was beautiful, and I, as one mere fan, say that their efforts were more than successful. I'll leave you with my favorite lyrics thus far. you have my love.

but this is what love is for, to be out of place, gorgeous and alone, face to face.