It can be found here:
http://themythicsignifier.blogspot.com/2010/02/zinnias.html
There is an early, very different version of "Kings" on it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:41 (fifteen years ago)
Wow, really, nobody cares? I guess indie really is dead.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)
I care! But you already knew this. That said, I have yet to listen to anything other than "Kings", so I can't really discuss it. Your thoughts?
― toby, Thursday, 25 February 2010 01:43 (fifteen years ago)
Is this for real?
― winnebago taco, Thursday, 25 February 2010 02:01 (fifteen years ago)
So it's really interesting. There's actually lots of material here that ends up on Distant Plastic Trees, though with the exception of "Kings" it's usually half a Zinnias song that ends up being half a Magnetic Fields song. The sound of this record isn't like Magnetic Fields in the slightest. The vocals are more inflected than Susan Anway or SM himself would ever allow. And there's lots of structureless or barely structured guitar noise and waffle backing up everything.
"Country" is a good listen. It reminds me a little bit of Bee-Thousand era Guided by Voices (vocals and overall sound), a little bit of Home of the Brave - era Laurie Anderson (the way the noises sound) and also, though not as much, of Magnetic Fields (really just the repeated keyboard thing) and Divine Comedy (I don't know why, maybe the manner in which the vocals are delivered as opposed to the way they actually sound?)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:03 (fifteen years ago)