Sound & Vision: Cold At Night
Madison, WI-based Court & Seventh make delicate, ethereal songs where the percussion and organ are out in front and the guitar and vocals (the typical stars of rock stardom) are subtle, sonorous things. As with some of my favorite bands, the whole here is greater than the sum of the parts.
Todd Hido's photographs are nearly always haunting, none more so than his series of homes photographed at night. Soft, lonely, and quietly composed, Hido's images are stunning in their simplicity. We paired Court & Seventh with this particular image because, well, Madison, WI is one cold city.
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and that photo series is great! there's something really voyeuristic and almost chilling about them. it's interesting, because there are a few in which there aren't any lights on in the houses/apartments, and those ones evoke such a different feeling. it's interesting how the lights focus the narrative of the photographs and lend the voyeuristic quality.
the photos reminded me of the cover on yo la tengo's and then nothing turned itself inside out. i thought it might have been done by him, so i looked it up and it was shot by "surrealist photographer and yale professor" gregory crewdson. kind of a similar feel: here and here.
We are just about the most apathetic group of men you'll find in terms of self promotion so it is always with great admiration for the effort of work of others when we say thank you. Yours, Gabe(Court & Seventh)