The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
The opening track from their yet unreleased newest album, “I and Love and You” perfects one of the greatest hidden secrets in album construction – begin with a song that builds beautifully & presents the album as a package instead of raising the bar so high the rest of the album seems flat & inconsequential in comparison. The Avett Bros. are really hitting their stride with this album – the entirety of which can be heard right now on NPR Music – & this track is a wonderful sample of it: graceful piano work becoming in turns pounding rising melodies; completely devastating harmonies always when it means it most; complete control of dynamics through & through. What sounds like a folk song is really a complex mastery of songwriting. What seems simple is perhaps love at its most misunderstood.
