Song(s) of the Day # 3,947 King Hannah

 

Sent my way by a testimonial from Vinylstore Jr a favourite independent record store in Canterbury where I find myself currently, settling down for Christmas with my nearest and dearest .  

King Hannah are a cool Liverpudlian couple of kitties who sound as if they're hip to the rich tradition if Rock & Roll. They hang with Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile and plug into the Lou Reed highway on second album.Big Swimmer.

What you get here is a fairground ride of thrills and pills. Second hand sprechgesang of the kind Dry Cleaning favour, the sort of observational anecdotal stream of narrative consciousness that's current and hip these days.

It's easy on the ear. You go into Rough Trade Records hoping something like this will be playing over the sound system so you can go over to the guy behind the desk buy it and surprise your sweetheart with as an impromptu gift  Good on you Vinylstore Jr. This is a classy record in every respect and I appreciate the nudge.