Despite being AARP eligible, David Byrne continues to stay cooler than the proverbial polar bear’s toe nails (a simile only usable for the next decade thanks to global warming), teaming with Brooklyn’s finest, Dirty Projectors, to record a track for Dark Was the Night, a compilation raising money for HIV/Aids charity, Red Hot Organization. Not to be confused with the equally worthwhile Red Hot Entertainment.
As for “Knotty Pine,” it’s as good as you’d expect: Byrne’s rubberband voice blending seamlessly with Dave Longstreth’s knuckleball wail. Surprisingly smooth stuff for a title that tangled.
Download:
MP3: Dirty Projectors-“Knotty Pine”
