15.09.11

As they hone their logical in the later songs on the record, the quiet moments gleam. “White Apple”, a dusty ballad, relies on the odd piano fill or a away horn to create atmosphere behind Nebeker’s emotive singing in preference to of letting the brittle strum of the guitar carry the day. Closer “New York”, though, shows the bunch’s true strength. Where other songs build to climaxes, booming from humble verses to towering choruses, this buzzing gyrate succeeds on restraint. Keys groan for much of the song, but give stop space for the rumble of Dobrowski’s tom work and a downcast bed of violins. The song captures, with its bittersweet fatigue, the duplicate-edge of time. “I’ve got wise and I’ve got old,” admits Nebeker, “not once did I topple.” But it’s the last plea—“so don’t you now”—that sells the flap. Maybe he has fallen, but he’s selling hope here to someone who needs it, and the mix of pluck and worry coats his voice perfectly.

Source: PopMatters

11.09.11

It is a weighty of Gosling's ascendancy that he got director-approval on Drive . It was Gosling who sought out Refn to without the project, an ultra-violent neon-lit lawlessness thriller in which he plays a getaway driver known only as theIn generalDriver, who is drawn into a Knight Valiant role protecting Carey MulliganEspeciallyfrom a violent gang. The project came together around Gosling who had seenAs a ruleand admired Refn's previous films, Valhalla Rising and Bronson . 'It was like a deep down strange blind date,' Refn says of his first gathering with the actor. Refn had flu, and was barely able to talk or move his neck. After an hour or so of faltering talk, Refn was convinced the whole thing was a disaster, and asked to be driven serene to Santa Monica. The pair sat there in silence, the tension structure, until finally Gosling turned on the radio, and on came REO Speedwagon's Can't Take up arms this Feeling , at which point Refn started singing along at the top of his lungs, tearsPrimarilystreaming down his cheeks.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk