In reality, Rain Tree Crow is the band Japan. Why they changed their name when they decided to get back together to make an album is a mystery to me. Still, this 12" single is one of their best songs. "Blackwater" is a beautiful moody melody that expresses not exactly a romance, but the essence of looking back, and the need to move on. Mick Karn, Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri, and of course David Sylvian, with assistance from guitarist and Cocteau fan Bill Nelson. Mellow, with the ultimate Sylvian croon, "Blackwater" is a dream existence or location that one can feel, but maybe never touch or be in that location again. It's a sad song. It's melancholy with traces of wistfulness.
Side two of this 12" single are two instrumentals. "Red Earth" is on the Rain Tree Crow album, and it's very cinematic I think due to Brian Gascoigne's orchestration, and he also worked with Scott Walker's later recordings. "I Drink To Forget" (don't we all) is prepared piano played by Sylvian with the rest of the band doing electronics is very slight, and it's almost an afterthought, but it is also very beautiful in its nature.
No comments:
Post a Comment