With Mimi Parker's demise from cancer last year, one of the most long running creative partnerships in American Indie music,was brought tragically to an end. Alan Sparhawk is just about to release a new album of material, the first on his own. In the interview I read, he is still grieving for his life partner, which was really sad to hear, as he was a man whose previously had struggles with depression. There was something about their musical relationship, that appeared to greatly transcended them, and their talents as individuals. Their thirty years of recording had its many peaks and troughs. Times when you wondered whether they'd run out of steam as a band. Only to find they'd break the mold with their next release.
So I was surprised when I got addicted anew, to this track from 2005 from The Great Destroyer album called Monkey. Its becoming quite an ear worm. From its punchy pounding drum rythym, like an American Indian pow wow circle dance, with raw jangling buzz saw guitar sound, over which Sparhawk and Parker harmonise as though they are angels bringing the word of God into the hell realms. Its one perfect little gem.
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