Pitchfork

Peter and the Wolf's Red Hunter delivers heartfelt verses to no one in particular, "singing to the stars" with nothing but a guitar and an occasional female voice (Dana Falconberry) behind it all. The "silent movies" in question are his memories of "a girl [he] knew, who lived up on Seventh Avenue," something like an American Emily Kane, though Hunter doesn't need to shout to make his point, trusting the force of his softspoken nostalgia. There's humor here-- Hunter actually howls like a wolf at one point-- and Falconberry's harmonies remain mostly wordless, as if to play out the girl Hunter misses, and to underscore their distance. It's Hunter's gritty, untrained voice that makes the song though; when he sings "I truly believe we'll fall in love again someday," and "I can't stand it" together with Falconberry, we're stuck wanting to believe him, knowing the improbability, and wondering whether it would be that good for either of them anyway.