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Be My Booby Trap / Skye

by The Dead West

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Be My Booby Trap 02:40
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Skye 02:50
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We Dream In Sound #09. 2 Track single. Fuzzy, lo-fi, garage wonk from The Dead West. Made at home.

"Well, folks, we're at the three-quarters stage in our 'We Dream In 45' project, and we celebrate September with a new platter from The Dead West. "Be My Booby Trap" is the purest pop song I've written for a while. I was aiming for a glam rock stomper in a kind of Super Furry Animals style (and that's how I sold it to Marc and Ste) but it actually came out more like XTC, if they were a garage band. It's a masochistic love song, which is a more common sub-genre than you might think. The longing for someone who you know is going to be bad news for you in the end. L'Amour Fou, if you like. And of course it's also a shopping list song and, let's face it, an excuse to metaphor like crazy.

"Skye" is an indie pop tune with a country heart (or is it the other way around?) Difficult to tell and, anyway, it doesn't really matter. Let's just say hip-hip-hooray for the hybrid, the sui generis, the goddamn musical equivalent of a chimera. "Skye" is inspired, in turn, by the Band's "Music From Big Pink" and, like that great album, it demonstrates a freshness, vitality and willingness to ignore the rule book whenever it feels like it (while knowing exactly what those rules are and actually being quite fond of them, when all is said and done). Let's just say this tune wastes none of its 2 minutes and 50 seconds (just right, but still not long enough), mutating as it goes along to surprise you every time you listen to it and - I'll bet you what you like - when it ends, you'll just want to listen to it again. Which is exactly what I advise you to do." - David Thompson.

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released September 15, 2012

Stephen Benson : Electric Guitar, 12 string & Drums.
Marc Gillen : Bass & Vocal.
David Thompson : Electric Guitar & Vocal.

Produced by The Dead West & Alastair Popple.

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