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Arriving more than 20 years after the pair's last collaboration, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today bears little of the sampler magic that haunted the bare corners of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts; instead, the pair relies on their own songcraft to fill the sonic space. And the sweetly sung "Strange Overtones" stands up with the most heartfelt composition in either's oeuvre. Advanced age makes itself apparent in both voices, but Byrne and Eno go at "Strange Overtones" like a hymn, measured and deliberate while the luminous guitar riff chugs along underneath, powering their voices like a motor. The cutest thing about "Strange Overtones" might be the fact that Byrne and Eno sing about becoming lost in the relentless digitization of the world, as if either of them could actually go out of style. MP3:> David Byrne and Brian Eno: "Strange Overtones"
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#11: David Byrne and Brian Eno