The first half is fourteen minutes worth of seven songs, for solo meandering/wandering piano and searching/lost female voice, with titles like "Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight" (because her man isn't coming), "Why Can't I Come to You?" (because he doesn't want her), and "I Can't Forget You" (with key lyrics, 'Since you don't want me / It makes me want you all the more'). Blunt.
The second half is fourteen minutes worth of a freaky horror-jazz take on the traditional folk song "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair," in which the word "black" is repeated almost ad nauseam in every vocal style known to Ms. Waters, from manly growl to high-frequency shrill to Damo Suzuki/Eye/Yoko Ono-begetting noise-making.
For reference, here is the cover of her other album, College Tour:
I bought this and now I'm sharing it! So you have no excuse not listen to it: the musics
just listened to "Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight." love it instantly. i expect Nick Drake melancholy in the Pink Moon-lengthed tracks to follow...
ReplyDeletelol i know dude. i like the vocals the most - which isn't surprising considering how much i like the Boredoms, Damo Suzuki, and "noise" in general.
ReplyDeleteby the way, within like 5 minutes of my uploading the torrent to mininova, the swarm had 6 people in it. i'm guessing one of them was you, but the others...? i've been seeding for 18 hours now, and my share ratio is at 10.59. that means i gave out over 10 full copies!
ReplyDeleteoh, and ps: what do you think of the album covers?
ReplyDeletei gave out a full copy then stopped seeding haha
ReplyDeletei like Sings' cover better--the simplicity, b/w, fading into black fits the album wonderfully.