Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass by Lana Del Rey (CD, 2020, Polydor) NEW

Description: Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass by Lana Del Rey [CD] Track Listing: 1 La Who Am I To Love You 2 The Land Of 1,000 Fires 3 Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass 4 Past The Bushes Cypress Thriving 5 Salamander 6 Never To Heaven 7 Sportcruiser 8 Tessa Dipietro 9 Quiet Waiter Blue Forever 10 What Happened When I Left You 11 Happy 12 My Bedroom Is a Sacred Place Now - There Are Children at the Foot Of My Bed 13 Paradise Is Very Fragile 14 Bare Feet On Linoleum 2020 release. "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I'm proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic." - Lana Del Rey... The recording includes 14 poems performed by Lana Del Rey accompanied by music from Grammy Award-Winning songwriter/producer Jack Antonoff. --- With each new album, Lana Del Rey took on new depths. What began as the numbed-out musings of a disaffected sad girl character grew into the lush, amber-tinted songwriting of 2019's magnificent Norman Fucking Rockwell. Del Rey's visions of American culture, Hollywood disillusionment, and tragic love became the touchstones of her songwriting, and those familiar themes carry over to Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, her first volume of poetry and spoken word pieces. The selections are rich with imagery of uneasy party scenes and California landscapes. Translated from the torch song format of her songwriting, the lyrics take on a more organic feel, Del Rey laying out her thoughts in a calm meter that significantly tones down the breathless urgency of her music. Sonically, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass stays captivating, with musical bedding of various unobtrusive electric pianos and atmospheric sounds provided by Jack Antonoff. Del Rey often applies a lo-fi production to her voice, with the words to the beautiful and compact title track or the troubled desert soliloquy "Salamander" sounding like transfers from dusty cassettes warped by the sun. A mellow, jazzy instrumental backs "My Bedroom Is a Sacred Place," as Del Rey offers plainspoken poetry about disconnecting from a toxic love affair by embracing her work. It's a beautifully unguarded piece of writing, somewhat confessional in nature yet still retaining an aura of mystery. With this collection of poems, Lana Del Rey offers an alternate view of the sun-dazzled California dreaming that fuels her songs. Her spoken word pieces reveal a more immediate lyrical sophistication, but they maintain the strange and powerful magic Del Rey has been cultivating her entire career. ~ Fred Thomas, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Price: 21.95 USD

Location: Tarzana, California

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