Time Will :: Hercules and Love Affair

Last night the internet at my place of residence was being stubborn and refusing to work, so sorry I wasn't able to post yesterday.
Nonetheless, today I'll be sharing my most recent tasty musical find. Hercules and Love and Affair is a musical project from Brooklyn-based DJ Andy Butler. Butler started DJing when he 15 at a leather bar in Denver. (The proprietor went by the name "Chocolate Thunder Pussy") He moved to Brooklyn to go to school and has stayed in the NYC area since then. Hercules and Love Affair members include Nomi, Kim Ann Foxman and Antony Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons).
Butler's career as a DJ is clearly evident in Hercules and Love Affair. The songs tend to start basic and build into complex, shifting indie dance songs. The album is pretty excellent stuff to put on when cleaning, driving, organizing, cooking. I'd imagine you running types might enjoy it for that activity as well.
This track, "Blind," already has several remixes floating around the internet, so I've posted the longer version from the album itself and then the shorter youtube video version. It features Antony Hegarty, who has an extremely distinctive voice. One of my favorite parts is in the second half of the song, when this awesome muted trumpet line comes in.

Longer extended version of the song


As a child I knew
that the stars could only get brighter
then we would get closer
get closer
mmm mmm

As a child I knew
that the stars could only get brighter
then we could get closer
leaving this darkness
behind

Now that I'm older
the stars shed light upon my face
but when I found myself alone
find myself alone

Now that I'm older
the stars shed light upon my face
but when I found myself alone
I feel like I, I am blind

Feeling
Feeling
Feeling
Feeling
like I am blind

I wish the stars could shine now
For they are closer, they are near
But they will not present my presence
they will not present my presence

I wish the light could shine now
For it is closer, it is near
But it will not present my presence
And it makes my past and future painfully clear

To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
I must examine my breath
I look inside
ooooh

To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
I must examine my breath
and look inside
Because I feel blind
Because I feel blind

Feeling
Feeling
Feeling
Feeling
like I am blind

Shorter Youtube video