Alan Sparhawk soldiers on. Like a man heading up a steep mountain slope.. Low behund him. The mountain plateaus and peaks ahead. I had a bath and listened to Trampled With Turtles on a bright Saturday morning at the end if May as I approach 60.
He's an inspirational bloke. The music he's associated with has generally been sparse and flinty. minimal. Determined. Spawn of the Velvet Underground stable.
Trampled With Turtles sounds like a new begininng rather than a full stop. An end of career footnote. He rarely fails.
Fifteen years ago I saw him wuth a good friend. With Low. With his life partner. At an All Tommorrow's Parties festival. The musical friend of my lifetime. He was talking about Syria. Shaking his head.
Now Syria is everywhere. Everywhere you look. So perhaps it's best not to look. Better to listen. Trampled With Turtles is a briliant sunrise.
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