Birds in The Storm

After 14 days of waiting, I received my French album—the most expensive CD I have ever bought—imported from overseas directly to me. AaRON’s second album, Birds in The Storm.

The CD is just as weird and lyrically unsettling as the first one and I mean that in a good way. The album has 10 tracks and all of them are brilliant. “Arm Your Eyes” is a beautiful song, very similar to their first album’s style. The lyrics are very poetic: “My skin is young, and my eyes were full of hope/But I’ve seen the dark of the day/I need a shore, just one trail I could follow/Far from the fog in my head.”

“Inner Streets” is probably most representative of their overall style. The lyrics start, “I might be crazy,” and continues with a musical background that almost sounds slightly off-key. The beat gets faster as the song continues, as well as gets harder and stronger. I love that the beginning of this song sounds nothing like the rest of the song—you never know what to expect.

Their style is classically Not uplifting but “Seeds of Gold” is actually their most energizing and optimistic song yet. The chorus: “Something’s coming up/Something’s coming up/My friend, it’s all around/Something’s coming up /The wind is full of hands to help.” A different topic than the normal drugged out friends bleeding on the floor in their other songs.

The most unique song on the album is “Waiting For the Wind To Come.” The song continues with a line of lyrics sung, followed by a deep groaning. This goes on throughout the song—singing, groaning, singing, groaning. Not sure if it is sexy, scary or just annoying. But if nothing else, it is the only song like that out there. They get an A+ for innovation.

“Rise” is another gem on the album. The guitar and tone of the song reminds me a little of Johnny Cash. A little slow and dreary. “I should be dancing, dancing, dancing /Dancing fall between your lies /Dancing, dancing, dancing/Dancing until I fall between your lies.” A beautiful song—“Mr. Brightside,” gone wrong.

If you have never heard Aaron before, I recommend listening to their first album first. Nothing can top it, even this new album. However, this album does totally encompass everything good about the duo and captures what makes them special and worth listening to. AaRON is not to listen to at the gym or on the weekend with friends. AaROn is meant to be heard on a lonely evening. AaRON is dusk by definition—becoming dark, gloomy, yet striking and beautiful.