Sunday, October 25, 2009

Dead man's Bones- Or how to fall in love at Halloween



Dead Man's Bones is THE surprise of this autumn fall. After a great article by J.D Beauvallet in the french Inrocks... Dead man's bones released on the 12th of October, is a nightmare, bathed in aphrodisiac bliss. Composed and sung by Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields, one would have been inclined to have labelled it as a cheap conversion of two Hollywood actors into the vast ( and overrated) sphere of "indie singers"...WRONG
Highly talented, these two, united by their macabre fascination for spooks, eerie fairytales, and Haloween Sci-Fi, deliver songs that are as beautiful and disturbing as they are sincere.
Having been played intensively during lonely office hours, the song Dead Hearts which takes me back to the steamed up window ledge of my childhood, of brisk october trick or treating, haunts me to the core of every emotion that I am capable of feeling...... Halloween will never be as seductive as this one.