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Matt Ward and Zooey Deschanel, aka the Grammy-nominated band She & Him, are releasing a new album celebrating Wilson’s music. That album, Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson, was born of their education as kids and includes the same joy for the song now that was sparked some few decades back. It’s also already beloved by Wilson, who called it “mind-blowing” and “beautiful.” Added Wilson, “I love this record.”
“They just make you feel good,” says Ward, speaking of Wilson’s songs. “For Zooey and I, his music is especially important because we both grew up in Southern California and in my opinion, Brian is the one that invented the sound of Southern California.
Both Ward and Deschanel tip their proverbial caps when speaking about Wilson’s music. Both note how Wilson wasn’t formally trained, but in a way, that gave him complete license to go in any direction he wanted. Both say how beautiful his songs are and yet how complex. And, moreover, how the complexity is virtually undetectable until you break them down and try to learn them, map them out and perform them.
“I think someone who learns all the rules might write a less interesting song,” Deschanel says.
