Yr Lips So Red And Yr Eyes So Blue

White Magic “Plain Gold Ring” – This is a bit of change of pace from what I’ve been posting lately – a mournful Brit-folk dirge with vocals which approximate the style of Sandy Denny. The arrangement reminds me quite a bit of early Can, actually – the slow, creeping bassline specifically brings to mind “She Brings The Rain” from the Soundtracks album. (Thanks to Dirty Bomber, who alerted me to a rather embarassing mistake on my part in the first draft of this post!) (Click here to buy it from Drag City.)

And The Lefthanded “Disturbing You” – And The Lefthanded are a Finnish band who began their career as Larry And The Lefthanded, but carried on as a trio when their guitarist Larry left the band. This is drone rock in the vein of Suicide, but with manic vocals which recall Clinic at their most intense. The emphasis on lead guitar is what sets this apart from those two reference points – the lead starts off as a melodic intro, but then shifts into noisy ambience, and concludes the song with a cathartic solo which ends abruptly to good effect. (Click here to buy it from GEMM.)