It has recently come to my attention that Firewater do, as it turns out, rule. All thanks to you Mr Stoat sir.
Reason why Barbelith rocks #837:
A couple of years ago (probably when he started this thread) Stoatie posted the lyrics to "Isle of Dogs" off The Ponzi Scheme in the lyrics thread in the convo. I thought they were ace, and was going to buy the album, but one thing led to another (or didn't, to be accurate) and I never got around to it.
Then last week I decided that I wanted to get kicked in the balls repeatedly, but no one was around whom I felt comfortable asking for assistance, so I decided to read the entirety of the Market Forces thread in the Head Shop instead (infinitely more painful). In said thread, everybody's favourite rabid capitalist Jah used the expression "ponzi scheme" a couple of times and it reminded me of this album. So I hop onto ebay and it's on sale in the US and I end up getting it in my sweaty paws for a total of £4 = bargain.
And indeed it is brilliant. Cave, Waits, all that sort of thing. Luvverly.
And then the day after that arrived I popped onto ebay again and Songs We Should Have Written is there so I snapped that up as well and it is likewise very good. Who else would you trust to cover Johnny Cash and Tom Waits? Not many people, but Firewater do a more than respectable job. |
