27.9.07

Gonna be a Revival tonight

A late addition for one of the albums of the year - The Soulsavers, featuring Mark Lanegan, 'It's not how far you fall, it's how you land'. (which sounds like a line from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to me...).

The opening song is a contender for classic 'track one side one' status - Revival, featuring Lanegan and gospel singers over beats and programming, terrific stuff. Dunno how this record escaped my notice, but Andy dug it out during my weekend at Penco Towers and I was very taken with it...a great version of the Stones' 'No Expectations' too.

The new PJ Harvey record sounds intersting - she's chucked out the guitars and has dressed in white and sat in front of the piano...lazy music journos are calling it her 'Boatman's Call', the single 'When Under Ether' is lovely. Also trying out the Thurston Moore solo record ahead of his appearance at ATP - a lot more 'musical' than one might be entitled to expect - lots of acoustic guitars in the John Fahey / Bert Jansch style, and a surprisingly melodic album.

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