some of the stuff he's done with Mick Turner (Marquis de Tren, Dirty Three, et al) is bordering on free-form / 'out there', drifting song forms. I sometimes wonder about guys like David Berman (Silver Jews), Will Oldham, and others--making weird, spoken word / sound art shizz... Tim Barnes (played drums on American Water) does a lot of "avant garde" sort of percussion / sound art--often recording with others in the same areas of interest.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
I assumed this was revived b/c he has another "self covers" album coming out - http://www.dragcity.com/products/songs-of-love-and-horror
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Friday, 7 September 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Was the "Songs of Love and Horror" book any good? Pondered picking up the CD but it seems to be fairly unavailable, at the moment.
― djh, Sunday, 17 February 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
It's worth browsing, at least, because there are notes on each song as well as lyrics.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Ta, Eazy.
Pleased to have bought the book - it's a nice object and the comments often cheer me.
The CD seems kind of nice but inessential - and the inclusion of an old track and a cover seems a bit odd (or conceptually messy).
― djh, Sunday, 3 March 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
still love this record but i did not hear orig recordings first so whatevs. not a huge fan of will's full on pre-bonnie cracky voice when i have dipped into the earlier stuff.
― buzza, Friday, 4 December 2020 10:51 (three years ago) link
I happened to revisit it last week... some really nice arrangements. (Though the songs I like most are the ones I liked most in their original versions; it didn’t open up any others for me.)
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Friday, 4 December 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link