This World Is Not My Home by His Name Is Alive
“i read a pretty convincing case that the whole universe could have been created safely in a sufficiently advanced laboratory. so that's what we are: a science experiment. so, while I always liked this number, it feels extra meaningful.”
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i read a pretty convincing case that the whole universe could have been created safely in a sufficiently advanced laboratory. so that's what we are: a science experiment. so, while I always liked this number, it feels extra meaningful.
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On Thursday night I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite bands, the Detroit-area His Name Is Alive, on the last show of their 25th anniversary tour. Led by guitarist and songwriter Warren Defever but fronted since 1989 by a sometimes rotating cast of women, including current vocalist Andrea Morici (aka Andy FM), HNIA is an ever-changing project that has gone through many forms of music: the ethereal pop that allowed them to fit in so well to the '90s 4AD roster; confessional soul music; and, with their latest album, Tecuciztecatl, hard prog rock. Defever is an enigmatic figure on record, and the HNIA discography is a complex puzzle. Here's a song they played last night, melding aspects of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore" with the 1937 Albert Brumley spiritual "The World Is Not My Home," from their 1996 album Stars on ESP. It opens with a sample of the guitar work that made Defever one of my favorite players of the '90s.
In light of today's horrificness, this seems the most appropriate song.
