Wendy and Lisa [Official Site]

We talk in music production class about the three crowns a musician or
band can earn - the popular crown (slips off the minute you think you'll
wear it for life), the critical crown (as heavy as the head that wears
it), and the peer crown - maybe the most secretly coveted because it's the
only one that has the potential to stay put.

Wendy & Lisa have been wearing this third crown since the beginning of
their careers. I haven't known a musician who, upon getting to know their
work, hasn't stood humbled or at least astonished. I've seen jaws drop a
couple of times. Their work is more than craft - the assemblage of parts
or maneuvers - it incorporates the genius of reinvention and original
thought. This is music that is best appreciated with a level of knowledge
but getting to know it is like learning about sculpture or painting.
Visits to the art museum become not just pleasurable but necessary for
re-inspiration. Someone without an art education might look and say, "my
kid could draw that." An artist would reply, "yes, but when Jackson
Pollack drew it, it stayed drawn."

Wendy & Lisa's music is deceptively simple in this way. They push the bell
curve forward by making music that musicians take inspiration from and
listeners cherish. I'm so happy to have a new Wendy & Lisa album to visit
and to hear life (our lives, not just theirs) interpreted musically as
only they do.

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Anyone know what this is from? I cribbed it from the org but there isn't a source for it.