In reconstructing the damn blog, I re-read my Dolorean post and decided that further listening (lots and lots of further listening) to Violence in the Snowy Fields indicated that my initial assessment of the lyrics missed the mark some. The Christian imagery in the lyrics, in particular, eluded me at first, I think. I know there are some who prefer the more elliptical and cryptic lyrics of the first-actually-second record, Not Exotic, and I’m not knocking those at all, but the lyrics as well as the melodies on Violence are something else entirely.
It ended up very close to being my favorite record of the year, though in the end I just couldn’t give the nod to anyone but the Delgados. Regardless, I think it’s an astonishing achievement, and I’ll have more to say about them soon.