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My brother is back in the music game after a hiatus of a couple of years: "Andrew Ennals and his Chequered Past" debut April 10 at The Piston in Toronto. I doubt I'll make it to the show myself, but he's posted a rehearsal track of one of the new songs, "Allen Key." I'm glad he's fronting again -- he was backup for Beth in Battle Mode, and while I'm obviously biased here, I always thought their lead singer's diction wasn't as good.
The tune for "Allen Key" hasn't quite won me over, but the lyrics feature his characteristic emotional ambiguity. The handyman husband singing
Hung the mirror up — maybe you should take a look;
See the frame around us, like the cover of a book
that you just can’t rewrite
might be celebrating an unromantic but happy marriage, or pleading that they have too much shared history to abandon:So I'll put up these shelves, if you'll put up with me.
I'm also feeling a dash of wry amusement -- if there's one skill my brother doesn't have, it's the ability to assemble flat-pack furniture. He can write about it, though.
The tune for "Allen Key" hasn't quite won me over, but the lyrics feature his characteristic emotional ambiguity. The handyman husband singing
Hung the mirror up — maybe you should take a look;
See the frame around us, like the cover of a book
that you just can’t rewrite
might be celebrating an unromantic but happy marriage, or pleading that they have too much shared history to abandon:So I'll put up these shelves, if you'll put up with me.
I'm also feeling a dash of wry amusement -- if there's one skill my brother doesn't have, it's the ability to assemble flat-pack furniture. He can write about it, though.
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