Misery Guests
(Siltbreeze - SB-197) LP $20.00
Katharine Daly, Leonie Brialey and their crew are assuredly zoned into what they’re laying down on the rural-like, rough hewn Misery Guests, which rollicks woozily and fetchingly out of step. Stitched in out-of-time folk ruggedness, these tracks seem plucked out of a mid-’70s time warp that contemporary alt/retro bands only dream of conceiving. Think Fairport Convention, Etchingham Steam Band, Desire / Rolling Thunder-era Dylan, Patti Smith Group, Garbage & The Flowers. And while its existence will forever remain bittersweet without Daly here to embrace its ultimate fruition, her spirit is forever locked into every nuance of this stone-cold masterpiece. Edition of 400.