{"id":2329,"date":"2020-02-04T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:05:17","slug":"martha-and-the-muffins-world-without-borders-b-w-boys-in-the-bushes-wake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/2020\/02\/04\/martha-and-the-muffins-world-without-borders-b-w-boys-in-the-bushes-wake-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha and the Muffins \u2013 “World Without Borders” b\/w “Boys in the Bushes” (WAKE 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“World Without Borders” b\/w “Boys in the Bushes”<\/strong>
\nCurrent\/RCA Records WAKE 2 (Canada)<\/strong>
\nReleased probably in winter or spring 1983<\/strong>
\nProduced by Daniel Lanois with Mark Gane and Martha Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martha and the Muffins released two more album tracks for the second single to promote Danseparc<\/i>. Opening with two thumps on the drums, “World Without Borders” (a Gane-Johnson composition) is maybe the closest the Muffins came to an anthemic mid-tempo rocker. Did Current Records hear dollar signs in the vaguely Alex Lifeson-esque churn of Mark Gane’s opening chords? Martha’s lyrics acknowledge and reject the Cold War anxiety that pervaded the times. “I AM SINGING,” she belts out in the pre-chorus, and, yeah, she really is; the confidence and (a word I’d never use previously) brassiness of her vocals are almost startling. Then the chorus goes dreamy, as the band lands upon that affective sweet spot “between sleep and reason” (to quote from the band’s next album) that they had begun to deliver with great frequency in this period. Mark arranges a tour de force of guitar tones on “World Without Borders” (indeed the whole Danseparc<\/i> album), and there’s some great soprano sax by Ron Allen, who gets some bagpipe-like tones toward the end.<\/p>\n