Seconds
- 艺人
- Gary Higgins
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Drag City
- 发行时间
- 2009年09月29日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Thom Jurek
When singer/songwriter Gary Higgins' obscure 1973 folk masterpiece Red Hash was reissued by Drag City in 2005, it caused quite a stir in indie circles. The back-story on the reissue: Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance had been deeply influenced by the record and turned everybody he cared about on to it. One of those people was D.C.'s Zach Cowie, who called and wrote every Gary Higgins he could find until he found the right one and reissued the album. It's a gorgeous record, a collection of beautifully but simply articulated psychedelic folk songs that reflect the time period; it's timeless and still resonates. Anyone who hasn't heard Seconds would understandably greet it with trepidation. After all, it has been 26 years since Red Hash and the man is much older; add to this the fact that second-chance efforts are just as likely to be flameouts as they are blessings. Seconds is definitely the latter. Higgins -- who performs with some of the same musicians who appeared on Red Hash -- is in excellent voice and his guitar-playing skills are sharp, too; but more than this, his songwriting skills haven't gone down a notch. He understands what went into the songs on Red Hash and retains that here. His is a non-judgmental, personal look at life that, while full of self-examination, also had a sense of humor as the balance of tragedy. His articulation of it all is gentle and tender but unflinching -- as evidenced by some of the song titles. ...
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