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Turin Brakes — Mirror
Album: Outbursts
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Released: 2010
Length: 2:51
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This is our life
A mirror to admire
A movie on the silver screen
Kiss me for the credit roll
This is my face
A cheekbone to abseil
As I let you conquer me
Let the universe do its worst
Devil do your worst
Black star do your worst
Darling when the rain comes down on us
And we'll emerge gleaming
Like diamonds in a gutter full of stones
Making their way back to the sea
Let this old world do its worst
Devil do your worst
Hurricane do your worst
People have extraordinary
Capacity to care for many
You need never doubt it's love
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Superb cover!
 joejennings wrote:
I just had my brakes turned at NAPA!   


Bwahahahaha....good one man! 
I just had my brakes turned at NAPA!   
haha...they're signed to a family member's record label. This is lovely...
 Vitoco wrote:
...listening from Punta Arenas, Chile.
Merry Christmas to all of you....less one
 
I really, really enjoy the fact that people from all over the planet listen to RP :-)
...listening from Punta Arenas, Chile.
Merry Christmas to all of you....less one
For  us from Québec, there is a Harmonium sound in this.
I'm listening to this in Turin, Italy :)
The lyric "Hurricane do your worst" caught my attention.  Especially since Dorian just destroyed the Bahamas.  Hoping for a safe and speedy recovery to my neighbors to the east.
 jsjunk wrote:
Do you mean double-tracking? If so, yes, he is. Common technique, especially for not-so-strong voices. Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith used it a lot, as do The Shins, even Feddie Mercury wasn't averse.

 ... especially Lennon/McCartney too
Do you mean double-tracking? If so, yes, he is. Common technique, especially for not-so-strong voices. Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith used it a lot, as do The Shins, even Feddie Mercury wasn't averse. Or you mean that the vocalist from that band is in this one too, not sure about that!

 kingart wrote:
Is the vocalist from Silversun Pickups double timing? 
 
Superb instrumention/production.  They sound just like this live too - highly recommended if they visit your area.  I've seen them twice now, and on both occasions, the quality of sound and performance was second-to-none.  If you like their music, it's a wonderful experience.
always happy to hear this one come into the rotation 
I always hear an Elliot Smith-like riff and chord progression in this one....
Is the vocalist from Silversun Pickups double timing? 
 TerryS wrote:
Well, for my money, calico is a cloth, a cat colour and a butterfly.

 
Calico (California) is also a "ghost town" park and tourist destination, midway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, in the Calico Mountains, near Barstow. 
  Calico cats are almost always females because of that X chromosome, but you probably knew that.
A nice acoustic sound with very tactile lyrics. 7
I like this album, however, it's lacking some emotion that was on their previous albums. Their previous albums are great.
Well, for my money, calico is a cloth, a cat colour and a butterfly.
 Cynaera wrote:
Thought I'd commented on this, but apparently not. I like it. I like Turin Brakes (bicycle connotations notwithstanding, since i don't ride a bike and wouldn't know a caliper from a calico.) {#Sunny}
 
A calico's a girl, and a caliper's definitely something other. Uh...yeah.
Like the song, too! 
 bluedot wrote:
trying to get past the dorkiness...
 

Dorkiness?    {#Ask}
...prefer JUVENTUS TURIN!
Let this old world do its worst
Devil do your worst
Hurricane do your worst

People have extraordinary
Capacity to care for many
You need never doubt it's love


 scrubbrush wrote:
these guys are really growing on me... in a good way.
 
Me, too! {#High-five}
luv the music...trying to get past the dorkiness...

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really love these guys and this tune.  Thanks RP for all your different sounds.{#Bananajam}
these guys are really growing on me... in a good way.
Great guitar & melody

{#Bananajam} Feel good riffs and harmonies...  Sweet!

Just a nice funky little tune{#Bananajam}
Nice photo, nice song!
Thought I'd commented on this, but apparently not. I like it. I like Turin Brakes (bicycle connotations notwithstanding, since i don't ride a bike and wouldn't know a caliper from a calico.) {#Sunny}
Hmm...I like this better than the earlier stuff I heard by Turin Brakes. This sounds very much like Remy Zero, to me.
A great art cover, but...the song is more or less a sad thing.
 lysisphere wrote:
A name that catches the eye of all lovers of bicycles...
 
I'm a lover of bicycles but don't get it... educate me please.

 apd wrote:
woah - what a stunning cover design. Gorgeous photo, good layout, nice type.
 
It's one hell of a photo, right enough - must have been taken by one of those nutcase 'storm chasers' who chase tornados. Me, I'd have been sh1tting bricks with that thing bearing down on me.

Nice number - 7 from the Nottingham jury.

woah - what a stunning cover design. Gorgeous photo, good layout, nice type.
I really like this... creates a mood, but where have I heard it before?
A name that catches the eye of all lovers of bicycles...