Owen Pallett, the artist previously known as Final Fantasy, recently released his first album “Heartland” under his new moniker, which is actually his original moniker before he had a moniker in the first place. Got all that? But really, what’s in a name anyway? Not a whole lot, as long as the music is creative, full of depth, and, of course, enjoyable to the ears. Luckily for Owen Pallett, he not only meets but surpasses all of these requirements.
The interesting thing is, I actually already posted an epic, rain-filled live performance of this very song, before I even knew what this song was. Now we are lucky enough to have a well produced studio version of this track, and I’m including the live video again just for good measure, because it’s a great example of talent and passion. Yet another Coachella artist that I’m hoping to be able to catch.
in the next of a series of older songs that youve probably heard before, we will be featuring toronto native owen pallett, better known to the music world by his solo project name, final fantasy. i didnt really know much about final fantasy other than hearing a song hear or there but we saw him perform from a distance at this years pitchfork festival. hes got one of those great live shows where its just one guy on stage utilizing a few instruments and a loop pedal (a la andrew bird), but lemme tell ya those loop pedals are not easy to navigate. check out the video below of pallett performing during a big rainstorm despite the stage crew trying to get him to quit if you need any more proof that pallett is a heck of a performer. just wait til about 2:30 in when the violin kicks in. and then about :30 later when the rain really starts coming down.
some people were complaining after his pitchfork performance because he played almost all brand new songs that nobody had heard before, but he said that he was tired of playing the old songs over and over again, so more power to him. one of those older songs is “this lamb sells condos” from the strangely titled album “he poos clouds”. yeah, thats the real name of the album. im pretty sure this is the first song i heard by final fantasy and i kind of love all the piano in this song. is that a harpsichord i hear? i havent heard one of those since the tori amos album “boys for pele”. how medieval.
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