The Sound of Life Experience
I’m loving Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, the new album from David Byrne and Brian Eno. A big Talking Heads fan, I’ve liked Byrne’s solo stuff, but could never shake the nagging feeling that it was too artsy and disconnected from contemporary life. The new album, however, makes him relevant again. The title track is a sublime piece of positivity, without the coy naivety of the Talking Heads. In less capable hands, the lyrics might sound like the faux-depth of a high schooler’s tortuous poetry.The album as a whole—lyrically and musically—is an elder statesmen of intelligent pop/rock dispensing his wisdom on life, urban affairs, politics and everything else. It’s a grand, broad vision of life and our contemporary times captured with modesty. I’ve only heard the album all the way through a handful of times, so I’ll hold back full judgment on all its merits and shortfalls until it’s percolated a bit more.
