Death and Heartbeats

I had a magical night under the stars last evening. Me and a friend of mine went to see this Iranian, film noir vampire movie, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, at an outdoor cinema. This movie was absolutely fantastic! Apart from being eye-candy, thrilling, romantic, bloody and funny, it also had an amasing soundtrack. The soundtrack made the movie feel like a mix of a modern neo western and some kind of independent movie like Lost in Translation.

Some noteble tracks were Gelaye by Iranian, alternative rock band Radio Tehran, Dancing Girls by Farah, and the neo western song Black Sunday by Federale. But of course I'm saving the best for last. There was this highly romtantic scene between the main characters where the girl puts on a vinyl record on the record player, and the song playing is Death by White Lies. This scene is totally mesmerising. I couldn't imagine a better band than the Joy Divisionesque band White Lies to portrait the electrical and unnerving feel of this scene. Seeing the scene out of context will probably never be as good as seeing it in the movie, but here it is anyway.

Would you like to listen to some music? From A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) from Cinematic Poetry on Vimeo.

A toast: to new beginnings

I am a woman of many interests in her life. It's hard trying to balance it all. But there is something that I just cannot seem not to do, and that is writing about music. And why not? I've already had tinnitus for years since I listen to music all the time. And yes, maybe my tinnitus is caused by the fact that I didn't use any earplugs until I was 25 or something. Anyway. Here I am again, starting a new blog (this is my forth, not counting musicstage.se that I used to work for), but this time it's personal! What I mean is that there is not going to be any theme for this blog. I'll write about anything that comes to mind. This blog will be my musical confession, and English shall be my language of choice! Now, let's begin.

Have you heard Young Galaxy? Or maybe more importantly, have you seen their music videos? This one, Sleepwalk with me, is one of their most finest. It is as beautifully animated as it is poeticly portrayed. The story in the video is inspired by a story about the relationship between two soldiers during the Second World War, called "Letter to a G.I.", published in 1953. Brazilian director Fabricio Lima, the man behind this video, has really managed to capture a heartwarming, dreamy atmosphere that goes perfectly with the song. I keep watching this video over and over and over...



Young Galaxy - Sleepwalk With Me from Fabricio Lima on Vimeo.