Dream On, Big Spaceship!
I discovered this album years ago, on accident, on Pandora. And at the time I couldn't find any information about the band “Big Spaceship”, the album seemed to exist in its own quiet, fragile, quirky universe. Big Spaceship made one album, then disappeared, it seemed.
(Later I discovered the rest of the story, but let's leave it a bit magical for now. You can look it up if you like.)
So, what's on this little, peaceful album from outer space?
Well, let's see. It starts with a song about a woman who, in the words of the song:
She She not robot. She She Chantal.
So...she's not a robot. That's nice Not usually something you have to explicitly call out.
The album fluidly mixes cool, weird, electronica with saxophones, silly vocals, and some self deprecating humor:
Then emits...a thunderous applause! [Crickets chirping]
If you listen to only one track off the album before you buy it, start with Find a Place to Land, it's a quiet, weary, but beautiful declaration of need. Somehow, even though it's about landing a spaceship because
It's too heavy on me now
It's still relatable. We all “Gotta put this spaceship down” once in a while, and rest.