Earworm: John Carpenter “Seasons”
October 13th, 2009
Who: John Carpenter
What: Not the famous director behind Halloween and Big Trouble in Little China. Instead he’s a psychedelic guitar-slinger destined for cult hero status.
Sounds like: Well, if we’re to go by what he wrote on his MySpace page, it would be “Scott Walker, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roy Orbison, John Cale and early Roxy Music,” which is a pretty fair description. He also sounds like he’s an avid collection of the Teenage Shutdown comps.
RIYL: Julian Cope, The Seeds, The Mighty Boosh, Kurt Vile, Todd Rundgren and any of the above influences
Need to know: Carpenter has a few odds and sods out there including a record titled Demos and Live Fiascos. This year he’s put out an EP called Possibilities on Lost Industry and just recently released the Seasons/Haunt My Home 7-inch on Mexican Summer. His drummer’s name is J. Explosive.
Track: “Seasons” actually sounds like it was dug from a dusty crate of vinyl that was lost for 40 years. Creeping, hypnotic bass lines, devil-worshipping guitars, and those heavily abused piano keys at the end all give Carpenter’s deep, unrelenting baritone vocal the potency of Jim Morrison at his most persuasive.
Buy: You can buy the 7-inch here.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 3:05 pm by Cam and is filed under Earworm, The New Music.
