We know that when we have pressed "play" on a recording with the intent of making notes and discussing the tracks in turn, but instead listen to the entire recording twice without pause or discussion, we have our hands an a very good recording. And that has been our reintroduction to the world of Virgin of the Birds via their new EP Viper Summer. VotB is the sometimes solo, sometimes group, project of Jon Rooney, serving as an entrancing vehicle for Jon's literate and poetically drawn stories and observations. Whether creating a fable, twisting history or reinterpreting a former relationship, the songs take us to another place. For instance, track 4 is an upbeat romp about Pope Clement VI hanging our in Avignon, France to avoid the Black Plague outbreak in Rome. other tracks touch on a giantess, a mermaid, a poet, and the loneliness. This is music that can make you feel, make you think, and make you laugh. For us, that adds up to a winner.
For this EP VotB was Jon Rooney, Colin J. Nelson, Ken Nottingham and Paul Beaudry. Contributions also were made by Faith Elliot and Sophie Dodds and Reuben Taylor of Scottish band Storm the Palace. Viper Summer is out now as a digital download.
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