Artist: A.R. Kane
Album: When You're Sad 12"
Release: 1987
Label: One Little Indian
Tracklist:
Album: When You're Sad 12"
Release: 1987
Label: One Little Indian
Tracklist:
1. When You're Sad [Long Version]
2. When You're Sad
3. So Far Away
Over the years, A.R. Kane have become one of my favorite bands. At this point, they'd probably make a "top five" list, if I were ever to haphazardly construct one. I completely stand behind all of their material sans a few remixes and a good portion of their last LP, New Clear Child. It ain't great. Who cares, though, when the band started off incredibly strong, though, with this 12" single, When You're Sad.
This 12" is one of my favorite dream pop records. Unlike some of their later, poppier stuff, this is completely drenched in feedback and white noise. The single features two versions of the title track, a "regular" version and a "long" version, the long version being quite different in that it's not only longer, but is a bit more stripped-down. Both versions of this song are masterpieces of the genre and it would be fruitless for me to decide upon one as being greater than the other. "So Far Away" ends the 12" perfectly on a somber note, with a track a little less upbeat than the other two.
Not all can appreciate this band, but I feel like their early singles are very much up the alley of anyone who likes 80s noise pop stuff like Jesus and Mary Chain and early Cocteau Twins. It's one of my favorite singles ever, at least.
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This 12" is one of my favorite dream pop records. Unlike some of their later, poppier stuff, this is completely drenched in feedback and white noise. The single features two versions of the title track, a "regular" version and a "long" version, the long version being quite different in that it's not only longer, but is a bit more stripped-down. Both versions of this song are masterpieces of the genre and it would be fruitless for me to decide upon one as being greater than the other. "So Far Away" ends the 12" perfectly on a somber note, with a track a little less upbeat than the other two.
Not all can appreciate this band, but I feel like their early singles are very much up the alley of anyone who likes 80s noise pop stuff like Jesus and Mary Chain and early Cocteau Twins. It's one of my favorite singles ever, at least.
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-Adam
2 comments:
*hi five* I love this E.P. Too. A.R. Kane are unfairly forgotten as innovators & originators of Dreampop.
Great thanks!
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