SONG OF THE DAY (#209)

'over the bridge,' by the superimposers

i love this band. let me just get that out of the way. ok.

the superimposers [dan warden and miles copeland] first surfaced in 2003 with a 7" single of 'over the bridge.' it's one of those songs so beautiful and so deceptively simple that it's easy to overlook the strong compositional skills and the intricate arrangements informed by the likes of brian wilson and phil 'the green mile' spector. but as tired and overdone as references to those two titans of production are, it doesn't lessen or diminish warden's and copeland's considerable studio chops, for they are considerable. it's easy to hear the tremendous attention to detail and care put into these songs and the payoff for the careful listener is tremendous.

the three songs i've posted all come from their self-titled debut, which is actually a collection of singles, e.p.'s and various whatnuts that sound like the soundtrack to a golden autumn where the past becomes the present and the present becomes the past. highly recommended.

tick tock, living in a clock, if i could only bend the time...

→ the superimposers: over the bridge
→ the superimposers: seeing is believing
→ the superimposers: rainbow