Middle Aged Rock. This is by no means a sleight. Some of the best records made this year are being churned out by the middle aged. Men mostly. Purple Mountains, Pixies, Wilco and this. It doesn't have to sound like Mark Knopfler or Chris Rea. No offence to either of those gentlemen. It can sound like this. Transcendent. Bobbie's a Girl, the new album from David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights.
Kilgour was most famously the founding member and lead singer of The Clean, Eighties New Zealand marvels whose influence far outweighs the number of records they actually sold. They sounded like a New Wave Velvet Underground. Kilgour has broadened his canvas over the years though there are still moments when traces of Lou and Sterling peek through. Now as the years pass, Neil Young also appears to be a guiding light.
Listening to this record is like savouring a fine wine. Always slightly indefinable but all the better for it. David Kilgour is a mellow fellow and we should treasure him.
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