Sad & Dangerous
(Poon Village) Used LP $50.00
“A subtle but delicious introduction to the Dirty Three’s atypical sound,” according to Trouser Press. “The lead track, a spooky cover of ‘Kim’s Dirt’ by former Scientist Kim Salmon, hints at a connection between the Dirty Three and their Australian forebears, a kinship that would later become more overt. The album’s first half has a tense, low-key atmosphere, as Jim White’s sympathetic percussion and equally attuned guitar from ex-Moodist Mick Turner (who also produced the album) flesh out Warren Ellis’s violin leads. The second half heads all over the place: ‘Devil in the Hole’ is light on drama and heavy on decorative twists, ‘Jim’s Dog’ dips into jazzy waters and ‘Short Break’ is a roadrunner-paced jam. ‘You Were a Bum Dream’ forecasts Ellis’s flourishing, descriptive style and ability to set and maintain a tone.” First pressing from 1994. Silkscreened jacket
She Has No Strings Apollo
(Touch And Go) Used LP $15.00
“The band’s tendency to start a song quiet, loose, and lovely and then slowly sweat it into a faster, intensified crescendo is familiar by now, but somehow remains vividly evocative” says All Music Guide. “The emotional road from heartbreak and regret, expressed through beating music with wailing violin, to feeling lost, heard in a song’s slow unraveling and back again is part of humanity’s oldest story. New wordless tales of woe, sadness, and things past.” First pressing from 2013. Gatefold jacket