Whenever I hear recording titles that release clues to the artist’s deep-seated individuality, I tend to enjoy finding the parallels that tie meaning to the music. Accidental Seabirds are a viable mystery that link body of work to composer history and background. Their new recording, The Greenpoint Spill, is an extraordinary look at an artist intent on shedding light on the darker points of our ragged reality, and the hard-earned extension of the physical activities that beset them.
The Greenpoint Spill incident that this record was named after took me back many decades to the Brooklyn neighborhood that was…