Nine worthy minutes of music

Tuesday: dark wet clouds swirling around the near tree tops, but clear skies overhead. Much colder today, with a forecast high of only 48º. A beautifully illuminated and very thin crescent moon, the type that really showcases a three-dimensional moon by the way it clearly slides up and around the edge of its sphere. Those swirling wet looking clouds are wispy, if quite dark, and very localized.  Neither the forecast nor the radar show any measurable precipitation coming today, though humidity is 98% right now.  Top up today for the drive in, probably down for the drive home.

A really good set of tunes on the commute today, though a short list with long-ish songs.  One tune (Hafsól) runs almost nine minutes:

• Dr. Dog: From
• Frou Frou: Psychobabble
• Sigur Rós: Hafsól

The playlist was perfectly timed, and the last few notes of Hafsól were fading away as I pulled into a parking spot and set the parking brake. I have made no secret of the fact I am a big Sigur Rós fan, and Hafsól is one of my favorite of their tunes, from the Hvaf - Heim album (what does one say in lieu of album these days? CD is no more accurate. Recording? Project? Digital musical offering?). There is a decidedly coo coo clock element to the percussion line throughout, an upbeat quality to the melody, and (as usual) a lot of great and richly varied instrumental work. There is also a strain of what I assume is traditional Icelandic folk music in what I hear, poking through even the most driving electric parts of the tune.  Listening carefully throughout is a worthy way to spend nearly nine minutes.