Boy 1904
Track five of Riceboy Sleeps, built on a recording of the last known castrato.
Jónsi & Alex, from Riceboy Sleeps (2009)
The song uses a recording of the last known castrato singer, per Wikipedia. No source we could open names him; Alessandro Moreschi is the only castrato known to have made solo recordings, in Rome sessions of April 1902 and April 1904, so the title's year makes him plausible, but that is unconfirmed. PopMatters wrote that the piano motif from "Indian Summer" really begins to take flight here, ending in one of the most awe inspiring crescendos on the record. It runs 5:09 on the album and 5:01 on the Captain Fantastic soundtrack, where it opens the disc, released July 15, 2016 by Lakeshore Records, and it was used in the fifth series of Waterloo Road.
The track is credited to the duo as producers, with no separate songwriting credit, and was reworked as "Boy" (7:51) on Lost & Found in 2019. Setlist.fm shows it played eighth in each full-album show on the 2019 tour. We found no covers or samples.
Sources
- Riceboy Sleeps (album), Wikipedia
- Jonsi and Alex, Riceboy Sleeps, PopMatters (2009-10-15)
- Captain Fantastic (soundtrack), Wikipedia
- Lost & Found (Jónsi & Alex album), Wikipedia