In order to promote his first full length without the Pedro the Lion moniker, David Bazan has released a track off of his upcoming album Curse Your Branches. The track is called Bless the Mess and according to Bazan is a kind of autobiographical song. Something he’s never really done.
According to Bazan:
The song is largely autobiographical. So any narrative in the song reflects actual events. Though I may have embellished a bit. But the main lyrical gimmick is sort of a self-conscious and hopeful interpretation of the Beatitudes, which I have an uneasy relationship with as the narrative tends to illustrate.
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"But the main lyrical gimmick is sort of a self-conscious and hopeful interpretation of the Beatitudes, which I have an uneasy relationship with as the narrative tends to illustrate."
- David Bazan, in an article here: http://stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php?tid=82…
that is cool… he did an artistic interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount… much like Joel Limpic's project "Brand New Mountain Speeches" of which I had a helping hand in, which was a communal artistic response to the sermon on the mount. (http://www.joellimpic.com)
anyway, Matt 5-7 is a lot to handle and the beatitudes can crank out some heavy shit… as you wrestle with what God wants from us.