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}} ''Love This Giant'' is a studio album made in collaboration between David Byrne and St. Vincent, released on 4AD and Todo Mundo on September 10, 2012, in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States. Byrne and Annie Clark of St. Vincent began working together in late 2009,〔 using a writing and promotion process that Byrne had previously used on his 2008 collaboration with Brian Eno ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today''.〔 The duo had previously played together live at a St. Vincent show and on the album ''Here Lies Love''.〔 The performers enlisted a variety of brass musicians to augment their songwriting and toured over the following year to promote the album. ==Composition, recording, and production== The two artists first met in 2009 at a Radio City Music Hall benefit concert for the AIDS/HIV charity Dark Was the Night.〔 The collaboration stemmed from their second meeting, at the New York thrift shop Housing Works, where Björk and Dirty Projectors were performing. A concert organizer suggested that Byrne and Clark try a similar collaboration.〔 Their work was initially slated just for a single live performance, but Clark suggested adding brass〔 to their line-up 〔 and the two realized they could write original music around horns. The musicians composed lyrics in person and via e-mail,〔 which resulted in an entire album's worth of material. Byrne and Clark each wrote and sing their own lyrics, with the exception of "The Forest Awakes"—which Byrne wrote, but Clark sings.〔 The instrumentation and funk grooves discouraged Byrne from writing his typical personal lyrics to writing about larger themes and Clark emphasized the art music nature of the recordings while composing.〔 The album cover was inspired by "Beauty and the Beast", with Byrne as a "Buzz Lightyear-like" beauty and Clark as a grotesque beast.〔 The duo originally intended a plastic Beauty and feral Beast as a joke about the age difference between the two, but altered their idea when they met the prosthetics designer.〔 ==Promotion== David Byrne and St. Vincent worked with digital promotions company Topspin Media to distribute the promotional single "Who" and create embeddable widgets to stream the album. A music video directed by Martin du Thurah was released on September 4 for "Who".〔 Jon Dolan of ''Rolling Stone'' gave the song three and a half out of five stars, calling the collaborators' chemistry "shocking."〔 In reviewing the track, WNYC's John Schaefer drew parallels between their use of brass instruments and Byrne's previous work on ''The Knee Plays''.〔 On July 30, the track "Weekend in the Dust" became available for streaming on the album's official website. On September 2, the full album became available for streaming via NPR.〔 Byrne and Clark appeared on the September issue of ''Filter''〔 and performed on the September 10 episode of ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. On November 1, 2012, Byrne and Clark performed on ''The Colbert Report''. The duo toured to promote the album with a backing band that includes eight brass players (led by Kelly Pratt of Bright Moments), St. Vincent's keyboardist Daniel Mintseris, and My Brightest Diamond's drummer Brian Wolfe. Like Byrne's previous Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour, the performers engaged in complex choreography onstage while performing.〔 Byrne also simultaneously did book readings to promote his book ''How Music Works''.〔 ===Tour dates=== ;North America *September 15, 2012 – State Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States *September 16, 2012 – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States *September 18, 2012 – Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, United States *September 20, 2012 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *September 21, 2012 – Eglise St-Jean Baptiste, Montreal, Quebec, Canada *September 23, 2012 – Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, United States *September 25, 2012 – Beacon Theatre, New York City, New York, United States *September 26, 2012 – Beacon Theatre, New York City, New York, United States *September 27, 2012 – Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States *September 29, 2012 – Williamsburg Park, New York City, New York, United States *September 30, 2012 – The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, United States *October 2, 2012 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, United States *October 3, 2012 – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia, United States *October 5, 2012 – Bass Concert Hall, Austin, Texas, United States *October 6, 2012 – Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas, United States *October 7, 2012 – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, United States *October 10, 2012 – Humphrey's Concerts, San Diego, California, United States *October 11, 2012 – Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, California, United States *October 12, 2012 – Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, United States *October 13, 2012 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States *October 15, 2012 – Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, United States *October 17, 2012 – 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, United States *October 18, 2012 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon, United States *October 20, 2012 – Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ;Australia *January 14, 2013 – Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia *January 15, 2013 – Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia *January 17, 2013 – Sydney Festival at the State Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *January 18, 2013 – Sydney Festival at the State Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *January 20, 2013 – MONA FOMA, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ;North America *June 11, 2013 – Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, United States *June 12, 2013 – Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, United States *June 13, 2013 – Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, United States *June 15, 2013 – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, United States *June 16, 2013 – Bonnaroo, Manchester, United States *June 18, 2013 – Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, United States *June 20, 2013 – Shubert Theatre, New Haven, United States *June 21, 2013 – State Theatre, Portland, United States *June 22, 2013 – The Green at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, United States *June 23, 2013 – Confederation Park, Ottawa, Canada *June 25, 2013 – Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, Rochester, United States *June 27, 2013 – The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford, United States *June 28, 2013 – Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, United States *June 29, 2013 – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, United States *June 30, 2013 – Palace Theatre, Greenburg, United States *July 2, 2013 – Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center, Louisville, United States *July 5, 2013 – 80/35 Music Festival, Des Moines, United States *July 6, 2013 – Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, United States *July 7, 2013 – Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, United States *July 8, 2013 – Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, United States *July 10, 2013 – Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, United States *July 12, 2013 – Grinders, Kansas City, United States *July 13, 2013 – Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, United States *July 14, 2013 – The Ride Festival, Telluride, United States *July 15, 2013 – Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City, United States *July 17, 2013 – Cuthbert Amphitheatre, Eugene, United States *July 18, 2013 – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville, United States *July 20, 2013 – The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, United States *July 21, 2013 – Fox Theater, Oakland, United States ;Europe *August 18, 2013 – Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland *August 20, 2013 – Folketeatret, Oslo, Norway *August 21, 2013 – Filadelfiakyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden *August 22, 2013 – Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark *August 24, 2013 – Bozar, Brussels, Belgium *August 25, 2013 – Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, Netherlands *August 27, 2013 – Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom *August 28, 2013 – Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom *August 29, 2013 – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, United Kingdom *August 30, 2013 – End of the Road Festival, Salisbury, United Kingdom *September 1, 2013 – Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Ireland *September 3, 2013 – Coliseu Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (cancelled) *September 4, 2013 – Coliseu Do Porto, Oporto, Portugal (cancelled) *September 6, 2013 – Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain *September 7, 2013 – The National Auditorium of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain *September 9, 2013 – Vittoriale Theatre, Brescia, Italy *September 11, 2013 – Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Love This Giant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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