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Wingspan by Sarah Pinsker
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fave it Modern Folk | Folk Rock
5 tracks | 25 minutes
Released Dec 2005
on reinventing records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Too Many Questions lyrics FREE 04:45 Too Many Questions lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Too Many Questions
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:29 Cavedrawing lyrics BUY MP3 04:29 Cavedrawing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:29 Cavedrawing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 Everything Bounces lyrics BUY MP3 05:21 Everything Bounces lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:21 Everything Bounces
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:57 Wingspan lyrics BUY MP3 06:57 Wingspan lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:57 Wingspan
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Think Again (live Version) lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Think Again (live Version) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Think Again (live Version)
Lyric stories and muscular guitar combine to create "blissfully ragged melodicism" (Baltimore Magazine).
Bio / Background
Wingspan is not a concept album: it is a patchwork quilt, a story in unrelated parts. Five songs, narrated by five characters. There is a narrative arc travelling from the resigned roll-with-it of "Too Many Questions", to the defiant strength of "Think Again". Sarah's graffitti artist in "Cavedrawing" shines with electricity; her cartoon roadrunner realizes that "the anvil is always the last thing to hit/the trick is not to be under it". The cover photo of a child running on the beach, seemingly about to take flight, fearless and full of potential, is echoed in each song.
At the heart of the collection is the title song "Wingspan". Sarah credits the genesis of the song to her self-possessed younger sister, Amira, a martial artist. As the story goes, Amira was walking down the street one day when she suddenly flung out her arms and exclaimed "Look at my wingspan!" In the tradition of sisters, Sarah stole the line and adapted it; also in the tradition of sisters, Amira denies the event.
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