Other plants observed outside of the rainforest were some that we grow in our gardens.Lantana camarais one of them. This lantana is used by the Malagasy people to treat wounds, hypertension, malaria, and diarrhea.Catharanthus roseus,rosy periwinkle, is another plant that we grow in our garden...
Lantana's a place in Texas; it's a place in Florida; it's a flowering plant. It's all and possibly none of those things--and Howard's "Days..." sees the English musician flickering in and out of phase, superhuman. The production, by Bullion, feels 80s-tinged and, I don't know...
But "Days of Lantana"'s more than its oboe, its Agathas: like Kate Bush's "Hello Earth" or Mary Margaret O'Hara's "When You Know Why You're Happy," Ben Howard's song feels as sensitive as the palm of your hand. He's telling the story of a perfect day, telling it in tones...
Ben Howard - "Days of Lantana" [buy] Ask me what I like in a song and I'll answer in any number of ways. Some of those answers I don't know quite how to explain. Why is it that I so adore first words of this track? What makes them so fine? "Agatha and I / go..." Tha...