When I wrote about Soulsavers' third LP, Broken, I mentioned that this single was partly responsible for the high hopes I had for the album. The reason for that is that this 7" is a great record. Strangely, the a-side isn't actually on the album and features Bonnie 'Prince' Billy singing a Mark Lanegan song. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy has an incredible voice and Soulsavers' take on the music add so much. There's a muted trumpet or something throughout which sounds brilliantly pained. It works very well.
Appropriately then, the b-side is Soulsavers and Mark Lanegan covering a song by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (well, by Palace Brothers, one of Will Oldham's various monikers). Mark has an incredible voice too and makes this piano-led version even darker. All in all, this is a pretty nice example of what I want from a 7".
Format: 7", die-cut sleeve
Tracks: 2
Cost: £4 new
Bought: Spillers' Records, Cardiff
When: 08/08/09
Colour: Black
Etching: none
mp3s: no
