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A new Grandma Sylvias track. Sort of supposed to be a cross between "10:15 Saturday Night" and Delta blues. Features hesitant guitar playing, a burst of noise at the end, occasional whistling, and the usual tape hiss.

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posted by escabeche (2 comments total)

Wow, this is a strange one! The pastiche of sounds, the pops and clicks and hiss coming in and out -- it sounds like it's assembled from a box of cassette tapes that someone found in an attic somewhere. (This is not a bad thing.)

That noise burst at the end -- "I know the fire's gonna burn me!" -- is my favorite part.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 2:58 AM on March 20, 2009

Have you heard "Marvin Pontiac"? It sounds a lot like this song, only with a huge recording budget. It's supposed to be a cross between delta blues and music from Mali, and the story behind the album is quite interesting as well.
posted by micayetoca at 6:40 AM on March 21, 2009