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There’s no amount of irony in the title for
this second release from this Denver-now-Oakland
band The Very Hush Hush. Floating
somewhere between a REM state and the afterlife,
Mourir C’est Facile
tells a tale of what one may feel when they have
died and gone to heaven in their sleep. This is
something that has always driven the band’s
sound since I first heard their EP two years ago:
the layering of opposing sonic structures, that
of graceful vocals and elegant instrumentation that
wind through urban cement highways strewn with dancing
metal garbage cans, clashing to the beat.
As classically trained pianists, Grant Hazard
and Peter Bo have created a streetwise symphony.
A collective of modern dancers bound through the
air suspended by ropes made of silk, twisting
and turning with muscles tightly stretched and
taut, performing with aching beauty.
The unique quality of The Very Hush Hush lies
in their ability to extend experimentation just
far enough so as to not fall off the cliff, to
stretch the imagination into intrigue but not
irritation. In the last two hears the duo have
honed this talent even further. Maybe along with
time their inspiration from the Pacific and the
cool, bay fog has fueled the ghost in their machine.
Either way, Mourir C’est Facile is a headphone
trip on a midnight train ride yet big enough to
fill the Taj Mahal for the living and the dead.
The band returns to Denver to play their CD release
party Thursday, October 27 at the Hi-Dive with
D. Biddle and Killfix.
www.theveryhushhush.com
www.saobentomusic.com
-Kim Owens, October 21, 2005
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