Aug 12, 2022
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - Diamond Mine (2011)
This should clear the cobwebs out yr head. I'm hearing Neil Young and Crazy Horse. I mean the guitar playing, of course.
The signs are all saying go back
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David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - Diamond Mine (2011)
This should clear the cobwebs out yr head. I'm hearing Neil Young and Crazy Horse. I mean the guitar playing, of course.
The signs are all saying go back
Speak quietly.
David Kilgour has taken on the name David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights since he realized he had featured The Heavy Eights as his backing band for way too long to not credit them under his named collective.
Their album, "Left By Soft" is overall very lo-fi, not necessarily a genre I'm inclined to, but "Theme" and the closing track "Purple Balloon", the two instrumental tracks on the record, are absolute gold. "Theme" can sound quite redundant to some, as it repeatedly plays a low-keyed motif with a hammer-on emphasis. The track builds ever so subtlely as you start to hear the growing note of something that sounds somewhat like an accordion. To me, this is a track I want to drown myself in, a track that transcends time, a track that makes my mind wander off to places I dream of; only to realize that those notes have trailed off and faded in thin air. (The track's only 2 and a half minutes long) It's a track you might possibly miss if you're not paying attention. But that's exactly what keeps it real.
"Purple Balloon" on the other hand is a light-hearted tune painted with clean guitar lines. The driving light taps on the hi-hat paints a spring-scape in my mind and you experience joy in the most loudest, yet most silent way, which people exhibit as a warm, shy smile on your face.
Such a shame I can't share the tracks here because I can't find the audio anywhere online, but it was worth writing about.
If you're a tad bit curious, you can get a physical copy of their album, "Left By Soft" here.
I promise you won't regret what you hear post-opening-amazon-box. Post-inserting-CD. Post-pressing-play.
Left by Soft
