Arrogant Angels

• Abernethy, “Ancient Lake”

If you had told me a few weeks ago that I would soon fall in love with a song that has the refrain “Who knows but that arrogant angels are fools” – well, I would have been skeptical. But the heart wants what it wants, as they say, and sometimes you find out to your own surprise that it wants something dramatically, self-consciously beautiful. The chamber-style arrangement here somehow sounds both lush & spare, and that thick-dark-honey voice settles on you slowly, from above, like a blanket laid upon you with loving care.

The album’s called College Grove, and the rest of it is growing on me with every listen, too. It’s brand-new and self-released and I don’t know if it’s on sale anywhere online yet, but go to the Abernethy Myspace page here. (Update: You can also buy the record here.)