Roll your eyes and say, "white boys be tryin' to be spiritual again," but if James Blake can do it, Nat Baldwin, bass player for the Dirty Projectors, certainly earns his marks on People Changes, especially the closing track, "Let My Spirit Rise."
Baldwin lays it all bare, falsetto and quivering upright bass, the bones. Like waves, the bass froths and rumbles hinting at a vast ocean underneath our toes. A man begs for salvation on horizon-less seas, begs that one day he will be forgiven. Violins gently glide in, a guiding light in the dark. Playfully we've explored our hearts and by the end, maybe we can transcend this mortal coil.
Listen:
"Nat Baldwin-"Let My Spirit Rise"
Look:
Nat Baldwin on Western Vinyl
but what does it sound like?
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