Grace Sings Sludge releases new track ‘Longshot’
Grace Sings Sludge, a.k.a. Grace Cooper, one of three members of San Francisco garage folk outfit The Sandwitches, will be discussed this Saturday with another of her sublime solo jaunts, ‘Longshot’. I’m hoping we can all agree that this record is of true melancholic beauty.
I say ‘another’ as Longshot (February 2014) is, in fact, Cooper’s third solo release, building upon 2010’s This Time It’s Personal and 2012’s Last Year’s Friend, two albums that, in my opinion, have fallen somewhat criminally under the radar, from the UK perspective at least.
To avoid any unnecessary confusion, Longshot is the title of Cooper’s wonderful 7″ pressing from which today’s selection is taken.
It also plays host to another equally touching and mesmerizingly minimalistic tune, ‘529’. I don’t know the significance of the song’s name, but I couldn’t recommend it more highly, especially with lazy summer evenings fast approaching.
What’s more, Mrs Cooper defines artist in every sense of the word; she not only dreams up exquisite landscapes sonically, with lullaby guitar and voice aplenty but also paints and draws divine pictures, including the artwork for her releases.
Check all aspects of Grace Sings Sludge out; it’s worth it.
We often use the word ‘artist‘ to describe all that appears within the pages of our publication, and rightfully so. Today, we’ve hit the nail on the head.
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