Adrian Crowley was in fine voice when he played in Cork in June as part of the Bowerbird event at Triskel Christchurch, which he co-curated.
That weekend, he mentioned his new album, which is due out in September on Chemikal Underground (if memory serves, he played a couple of tracks from it, in fact).
You can hear the first cut from the album now, with accompanying video. This premiered yesterday on the Clash Music website,
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/adrian-crowley-the-saddest-song.
It features Crowley’s signature circular electric guitar picking style and yearning baritone. What’s unique here is the blossoming string part, bursting out from the refrain like a flower to the light. Overall, with its wonderfully deceptive simplicity and ageless atmosphere, it stands shoulder to shoulder with some of the best Bill Callahan moments.
And in general, I can’t say better than that.
