2008年02月22日
I CAN HEAR YOUR HEART / aidan john moffat
Having previously made a name for himself as the seedier half of Scottish indie legends Arab Strap, Aidan John Moffat here finds himself in distinctly more lewd territory than thealready unabashed work of his previous band. 'I Can Hear Your Heart' is a collection of poems and short stories read over a variety of music and atmospheric sounds, at turns humorous, heartbreaking and always explicit. A light narrative runs throughout, with an enclosed short story in the sleeve (charmingly entitled 'Poop') setting the scene. In amongst thespoken words, Moffat even finds time to include an accordion-led cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Hungry Heart'.
If you always thought Aidan Moffat was the dirty one in Arab Strap, prepare to be proved right. 'I Can Hear Your Heart' is a collection of Moffat’s intimate poems and stories set to sound collages, song snippets and crackles. "I’ve wanted to do an album like this for years but never really had the time," says Moffat. "I started it a few years ago so most of the poems are very old. When I decided to finally finish the album, it seemed like an old diary and painted a picture of the young man I used to be and the whole thing seemed to make sense and come together then."
More of an audio novel than a musical album, 'I Can Hear Your Heart' begins with a printed story, Poop, to be read and digested before the 24-track audio portion, Loop. "The idea was to get the listener more involved, to put my thoughts in their head right away," explains Moffat. "The printed word is the closest connection you can have with an audience - a direct line to their mind."
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