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[Tim Rutili] started writing again, and there "The Orchids" was, out in front of his songwriting conscience. When he needed a track for the credits of The Lost, he was in the middle of his "Orchids" obsession. "Dreamless," the song he wrote to close the film and to bookend what he describes as "one of the bloodiest things I've ever seen," borrowed the original Psychic TV marimba line from "The Orchids." More importantly, it nodded to the same rebirth-"Three-legged animals/ Shut their sweet eyes/ Lick their scars and grow wings." When Califone eventually began practicing, Rutili kept the "Dreamless" melody and that line, rewriting the song with that moment at its center and as its namesake. On Roots & Crowns, "3 Legged Animals" sounds a little like paradise and a lot like salvation.
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Dreams More Sweet
Califone's Roots & Crowns is one of those albums, the kind that unfolds over periods of months, not days.
Truth be told, these songs are some of the band's most easily accessible...See the full content of this document
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