3. Father John Misty - Now I'm Learning to Love the War

Decided to build off of the lyrical side of the Shakey Graves number rather than the stylistic elements, as that ground has already been covered in the first two songs to good effect. If I add any more to that aesthetic, we risk just spinning down a gritty guitar/voice rabbit hole. Which would be great, but.

Saw some similarities between the anti-modernist, technophobic lyrics of "Roll the Bones" and Misty's fatalistic view about the creative process and the decadent waste therein. Both songs display a tension between the stereotypical bohemian disdain for consumerism and reliance on the same for purposes of artistic self-actualization. A lot of crosstalk between Graves' call to

...sell your belongings/all your clever drawings try to make a dollar/from your grave...

And MIsty's assertion:

let's just call this what it is/the jealous side of mankind's death wish/when it's time to go/gonna leave behind things that won't decompose.

Anyhow, this might open up the pathway for further development.

galen, fallingleaves, great submissions. Great weather for them, too.