At the end of January Dinosaur Jr main man J Mascis released a digital single on Sub Pop, a cover of The Cure's Breathe. Over a wall of acoustic guitars and an occasional lead line J sings in that wracked, half asleep way of his, his voice wandering around the tune. It's less than three minutes long and very nice indeed. You can buy Breathe here.
Breathe was a B-side to Catch, a single in 1987, one of four taken from the eighteen track double album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (an album that was no slouch when it came to great singles- Just Like Heaven and Why Can't I Be You? were two of the remaining three singles, the other being Hot Hot Hot!!!).
Catch is a lazy, woozy, wonky song, lit up by a violin and rattly drums, a Spanish guitar solo and Robert Smith singing of lost teenage love.
2 comments:
Cheers for this - had no idea!
Right up your street Moggie!
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