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November 01, 2005
pockets full of rainclouds
Shalabi Effect - Blue Sunshine (4 track demo)
So even though it might seem like this is a repeat, it's not. Sam Shalabi (or someone else from the band) was kind enough to put up the demo version of this fantastic song from 2004's "Pink Abyss". The dewy noises are gone, the squish and splurge of the studio track's intro- the demo is a little dirtier (obviously), but the horns still glint, and the guitars are merely lacking in gloss, not in texture. The most remarkable difference is in the way the end of the song just disappears down a hole.
Some good news though: Shalabi Effect are releasing a new album, entitled "Unfortunately", on Alien 8, Nov. 15th. And check this out- The LP is comprised of the best portions of the band's 6 night residency at Montreal Arts Interculturelles (given Shalabi Effect's usual m.o., much of this must have been improvised), and you can listen to some clips from the album over at Soul Seduction (the record sounds like it's a hodge-podge of "Pink Abyss"-like pop, hard, pretty drones, and some of the band's more unmufflered experimentation, which means it'll be great).
Posted by Kevin at November 1, 2005 12:12 AM