eno & byrne, "strange overtones" --- as good as eno & cale, "lay my love"?

Some tech background for the distribution nerds: http://topspinmedia.com/2008/08/david-byrne-and-brian-eno-release-everything-that-happens-will-happen-today-on-the-topspin-platform/

I am hearing Flaming Lips too, Jon, and not in a good way.

(Only heard this on laptop speakers so take that with a pinch of salt.)

a dissapointing album. eno's songwriting is just plain dull nowadays and the arrangements are never very interesting. i do miss all the arty weirdness that made those early albums so great.

i got about three songs into this and had to turn it off. so dull. sorry. my expectations were very high.

i heard that the guy from system of a downs was going to produce the next brian eno album. can u verify this from me.

I was disappointed and then on about the 6th spin it all just TOOK:

Review in Village Voice:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-08-27/music/coping-with-david-byrne-brian-eno/

I'm about to hit that level, Pete. I read your review a couple of hours ago; I nodded a lot. This album doesn't rise to the level of Wrong Way Up as an album of grand, static art-pop -- the physical distance b/w the two creators cramps Byrne's lyrics and especially his singing -- but "The River" rivals WWU's "The River," and "One Fine Day" truly belongs.

I wish I'd had the album when I took Highway 61 and other smaller byways to get to Madison because fricking 94 was flooded, what with that lyric about the river coming up over the freeway. I take "The River" to be about punk rock and rock and roll, where the song that seems to be about music, "Strange Overtones," feels like its about something else.

Love Matos's piece:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=649397&ms

This sounds a bit like Tom Petty.

the buy now button wont work for me. ha! here i was feeling all warm and fuzzy paying *actual money* for some mp3's from an artist i admire, but a few minutes of inconvenience and it's "soulseek here i come" :/

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The "Songs of David Byrne & Brian Eno" tour is coming to the UK in March/April. Not announced yet, but there's a pre-sale at artistticket dot com.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_David_Byrne_and_Brian_Eno_Tour

The official press release has just gone out. I got four front row seats for Nottingham a few minutes ago, via the pre-sale.

March 27 Bristol Colston Hall
March 29 Birmingham Symphony Hall
March 30 Manchester Bridgewater Hall
March 31 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
April 1 Gateshead The Sage
April 3 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
April 4 Sheffield City Hall
April 6 Dublin National Concert Hall
April 7 Belfast Waterfront
April 9 Oxford New Theatre Oxford
April 11 Nottingham Royal Centre
April 12 London Royal Festival Hall
April 13 London Royal Festival Hall
April 14 Brighton Dome

Eno playing "I Feel My Stuff" for the interviewer in this video is suprisingly similar to the embarrassing way I play songs for people:

https://youtu.be/DqTv_Nlk-eM