I love love love Brandi Carlile and I am so so happy that this week she released her first single from her long awaited (at least by me and girls everywhere) new album, Give Up the Ghost, on October 6th. To coincide with the release of the single and appropriate buzz, these promotional photos from the new album hit the internet last week to many oohs and ahhhs across the globe. At first glance these photos are strikingly beautiful, with their velvety soft color and rich streams of daylight, but they are also bathed in a mysterious darkness. And it is upon studying this darkness which a reveals a bigger secret about Brandi and the boys.
Sure, the images look, clean, simple, dark and smoky... but I ask, if it's dark enough inside to where you need candles to see...... why don't you just open those heavy blinds all the way and let in the sunshine?
You would, that is... if you weren't vampires!
Yes folks, I think that Brandi and the amazingly talented Hanseroth brothers have become some of the living dead (not that there is anything wrong with that). It makes sense when you think about it: Brandi and the boys complexions are astoundingly clear, their skin is kinda pale and they're all ridiculously skinny (i think they're the vegan vampires). Their clothing choices hinge on the dark side (either they spill coffee on themselves as much as I do or it's pointless to stay up to date on the current color fashion trends when you've been around for 400 years - black, on the other hand, is always in fashion.) That random bandana on the arm? It covers teeth mark scars. Sure she could just wear a coat or long sleeves over it, but where is the symbolism in that? Also, because vampires don't sleep, they have plenty of time to learn new instruments, write a song a day and travel all over the world! And really, if you think about it, the song Dreams from the new album and Late Morning Lullaby from the last, carries all new meanings knowing that she doesn't really ever sleep.
As well, just like in Twilight, Brandi hails from the Pacific Northwest where daylight is limited and there is always a sense of morose and melancholy in the air. I mean, she may not be from Forks, but Ravensdale sounds pretty ominous too.
And when it comes down to it... Give Up the Ghost as a title is basically like saying... "aww... fuck it, let's just be vampires".
Dreams: listen to it here or buy it on itunes!
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