final fantasy - this is the dream of win and regine

I have to thank my lovely friend Kira for introducing me to this song.

Now, I've known Owen Pallett's new stuff that he released under his own name, but I was unfamiliar with the music he released under the moniker of Final Fantasy. Yes, like the video game.

"This is the Dream of Win and Regine" has been playing nonstop for me the past few days, on my iPod, in the car, while cooking dinner. The violin melody is so simple, yet it's so piercing and unavoidably hummable. Listening to Owen makes me regret quitting the violin in 8th grade, since I want to be able to make magic like that too. His lyrics, as always, are very poetic using a variety of quirky words and images to paint a sweet little love story, "But what if they like it/ and lock us in a cannery with your accordian/ until we canned our love." And this entire song is like a mini inside joke for music enthusiasts, with Win and Regine being the married couple heading Arcade Fire, whom Pallett has worked with. It's like a little musical lovefest here. And we got invited to join, for a little while.

Youtube - This is the Dream of Win and Regine