despairoftranslators: Likewise obsessed. When I first…
Likewise obsessed. When I first started listening to it, it sounded like happy little banjo tunes, with some pretty singing that was occasionally a little off-putting with the Appalachian twang in the phrasing (because I’m a stupid Californian who’s almost never listened to bluegrass; sorry). But not anything terribly engaging.
Then I slowed down and actually listened to the lyrics, and got caught up in the stories, and the happy little banjo juxtaposed with the beautiful imagery and poignant specificity about yearning and death and relationships and love just works. Ugh. It’s awesome.
Thanks again to despairoftranslators and seanpersaud for fangirling hard enough to get me to keep listening until I heard what was going on.
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