So, I just got my hands on Duncan Sheik's latest album. Wow, is it something! I'm such a bad lifetime fan... It was out a whole month before I even noticed it. I didn't even know he'd been working on another project since White Limosine (which I still don't own - too political for my tastes).

Whisper House reminds me a lot of Phantom Moon, only a whole lot more story-oriented. And as you may or may not know, Phantom Moon is my favorite album (not just of Duncan's but, like, EVER). Whisper House is melancholy and jazzy and beautiful and slightly cheesy in parts and I love it so much it causes me to run-on like a 12 year-old Suethor with a crush on Draco Malfoy. Basically, it's as if Bova from Space Cases wrote a musical about World War II set in a lighthouse in Maine. Told from the point of view of the ghosts of shipwreck victims.

Yeah, it's just like that. Pessimistic isn't nearly a strong enough word for it.

But there's one song that's head and shoulders above all the others. The video is really weird, but here you go:

Earthbound Starlight

I think it might be one of my favorites. It doesn't pass the awesome beauty of Requiescat (a song that never fails to move me to tears no matter how many times I listen to it), but it is up there with it. It's definately on par with The Winds That Blow. (And awesomely enough, "The Winds That Blow" sounds great after "Earthbound Starlight". Two great tastes that taste great together!)