4 songs for this spring (2008)

It’s a brand new spring and I selected 4 brand new (or not new, it doesn’t matter) songs to take with us when we go out or stay in, to share them with others or not.

• Your love alone - Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Persson I like Manic since years. It is always nice to listen at their music and read their lyrics. This song lifts you up, it is the perfect company these days while you drive your open car. Nina Persson makes it even better. I love her voice.
• Portishead - Magic doors Portishead are back. It took them 10 years to bring us new music and I don’t know many artists who dare to do so. Furthermore, it always takes time to deeply understand their music. Magic doors is one of the tracks I like, it reminds me the style of old Portishead. It has this beat that punches your belly and makes you remember it forever. The voice of Gibbons is as adorable as ever.
• Toto - Africa This is an old song but it seems to me I listen to it for the first time. Each year during this period and the whole summer I play it again and again. It is the hot days of July, it is what you ‘re looking for, what you left behind and a childhood that never comes back, but at least you still remember it.
• no-man - Truenorth no-man is a duet by Steven Wilson and Tim Bowman. I can’t give a name to their style, it is not easily distinguishable. Anyway, Truenorth is a song of their new album which is expected this May. It is a dark and at the same time crystal clear ballad, a music diamond. Nobody must have heard no-man before. Who cares? As long as I listen to such music I can be optimistic about our future.