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May 24, 2005
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Life Without Buildings - Leanover (acoustic)
This is another one of those post-mortem posts: Life Without Buildings are gone, broken up in 2002, I think. They were from Glasgow, and released only one proper album, the awesome "Any Other City", in '01.
This acoustic version of 'The Leanover', recorded at a show they did in December of 2001, is a great demonstration of the band's strengths. Sue Tompkins has such a light and airy voice, and the way she sings her lyrics- well, it sounds like she's casting a spell. The repetition is on the level of OCD-esque incantation (like the scene in "the Aviator" when Howard Hughes says 'it's the wave of the future', over and over again), and it's comforting in a way, because she'll take a phrase- like 'MBV' (for My Bloody Valentine, maybe?) and distend it, twist it, change the intonation- and really live in it. She bends her syllables and phrases around the music in a way that's reminiscent of Stephen Malkmus + Mike Skinner (the Streets). The bassline hook in this song is like a very doting older brother to the hyperactive runs and twanging of the acoustic guitar.
"Any Other City" is chock-full of great songs, and you can buy it here, if you'd like.
Posted by Kevin at May 24, 2005 09:01 AM
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