Nothing has really changed between 2005 and 2016 🫶🏽🥹❤️(Miles watching Alex in 2005 when the little flames were the monkeys support act vs Miles watching Alex in 2016 when they are co frontmen of their own supergroup)
Osheaga Festival
Coachella; Alex’s little twirl 🥺 and the absolute fondness in Miles’ eyes he’s like yup that’s my idiot and I love him very much
‘Joining the Dots’ has been on REPEAT while I’ve been going on my fall walks. It’s my favourite b-side from ‘Humbug’ and the acoustic version is even better than the original recording (imo). Alex’s voice is just so soft and velvety and vulnerable and devastatingly beautiful 😭 I had to share it! The entire acoustic performance he does for this WRXP Session is so so lovely.
Lyrics:
Been trying to think of something colorful for this season
Pull the wool over the gullible for no reason
You are all I have these days, shake it up and run away
With the night squabbling behind you
From the smoke in your hair to the blood in the bruise
And the bows on the shoes you kicked off
I'm joining the dots
I'm joining the dots
I thought I heard them talking in their sleep yesterday
And I tried but I just can't believe a word they say
Hurry up they'll be here soon, sleeping in the afternoon
While the rain's trying to prove a point outside
From the smoke in your hair to the blood in the bruise
And the bows on the shoes you kicked off
I'm joining the dots, I'm joining the dots
I'm joining the dots
Those people make me cough, can’t the flame
Come up to the moth for a change?
Darling if it's all the same to you, I'll have you to myself
alex's presence on stage is so strong. i know there's a whole band beside him but it's impossible to take your eyes off him, everything he does demands your full concentration. he's magnetic without being showy, i don't even know how he does it. he never openly talks to the crowd or demands our participation but everyone is always there for him for every moment, he's so compelling it's crazy. his sheer Being There is very reverential, i guess is what i mean