Haig's song...
The collaborative aspects of this album are equal to something less than the sum of their parts. But all is forgiven on "Listen to Me" ... an INJECTABLE song. Haig has several. They rise above the pieces from which they are made, and they are structured simply. If he existed in a different time, say before synthesizers and electric instruments then he would still pull it off. He talks through his songs, a range as even as a Tuesday drive through the Utah Salt Flats. But in this tonality; you end up sensitizing yourself to the subtle variations in his methods. And like an electron microscope image of a mountainous surface of a billiard ball, Haig manages to do the same to these fleeting emotions that he bottles into his songs ... you won't be able to name the emotions that come out, because they have never come out until then. And once they're out, you'll have no idea of what to do with them, other than to continue to hit the replay button until you can make some sense of it all.
