Two Breakup Songs
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By madabouttheboy
Oh, the Divorces! is a beautifully sad meditation on one of the most traumatic/melodramatic events that can happen in one's life. Set to a simple piano waltz and plucked strings, the song is Rufus Wainwright-like in its lilting structure and poignant passages. Pretty depressing really, but also pretty amazing. And I love that she covered Vampire Weekend's Taxi Cab (from their lastest album, the achieving-classic-status-in-my-book Contra), although the production is too MOR and a little too precious for my tastes. I wish she had messed with the song a bit. Still, thanks Tracey.
