lazarus - fashion/murder/singing to the thieve
no idea how to describe this guys style. lazarus is a basically a guitar based singer songwriter from san fransisco, but he somehow approaches the music in a way that makes you feel you know where you are, but subtly twists it into whole new ways, so these 2 tracks are a perfect entry point to see if the album is one you would find enjoyable. the backing loops of weird noises, backward beats are very enticing, while the thin neil young styled vocals induce an aura of melancholy, but this is a misleading mental stereotype as when the sample loops of the choral entity kicks in then a euphoria counteracts the implied misery. flip the record for the fuzzed up to the max 'singing to the thieves'. a punchy classic 90's alt.rock track that would stand out of aired on radio, strange stuff that baffles and yet still provides pleasure with each play.