A new song from David Sylvian?! Hooray! And at the perfect time of year too.
You really have to go looking for the divine Mr Sylvian these days. But, oh, the beauties you can discover. 2
I heard this as part of an installation at the Museum Ludwig. I was uncomfortable with the idea of never hearing it again. Thankfully, he released it.
Someone reminded David that he could write affecting pop songs instead of experimental acoustic ‘pieces’, and this is the result. “And if that brought us to our knees, we laughed all the way down.”
Finest poetry with tunes!