Joanna Newsom - Ys 2LP xx1985 We pay our respects to

We pay our respects to Indigenous elders and leaders past

colliding with keyboards and faint rhythm boxes that sound as if ripped from synth-pop maestros like Kate Bush

Funny things would happen by accident that would give something special to a particular song

Koang was born blind and began playing music from an early age

A throbbing bass throughout

Joanna Newsom - Ys 2LP xx1985 We pay our respects toA once a life moment, forged into the shape of an album. These five songs are worth a thousand pictures, and that adds up to a million words and that's almost as many words as there are in the libretto for this epic (pron. epoch). But when words aren't enough. ah, just say "Ys," okay? Ys by Joanna Newsom