The only paper-jam exclusive ever: Art Brut vs Animals That Swim
Music // Jim // 23rd March 2007
You know that bit near the start of Taxi Driver, where Travis bemoans having to sometimes wipe the blood and cum off the seats of his cab? That is a bit like the daily experience of deleting all the spam comments that get left on this web site. Now and again someone leaves something interesting, angry or at least not mentioning cock size, free prescription drugs or crazy hardcore milf action.
The other day the best comment ever appeared and made my day, if not my week. Hank Starrs, of the legendary Animals That Swim (easily the most underrated band of all time) left a message that provided probably the only exclusive bit of music news that we will ever get our hands on. At the invitation of Eddie Argos he has done a bit of singing on the new Art Brut album, not only that but the experience just might be the catlyst for an ATS gig of some sort. This is big news in my world and if you've got an ounce of humanity, style or taste it should be big news in your world too.
More on the completely ace Animals That Swim on this very site: Firstly, why they are so great and secondly the greatest hits album that came out a few years back.
Plus there is an interview with Eddie Argos about the forthcoming Art Brut album It's A Bit Complicated on Pitchfork. They are touring supporting Maximo Park fairly shortly, but we here are already looking to get tickets for when they return to the Birmingham Academy on their own in June.
Comments
Jim,
you are an utter bastard. I know you’ve been going on about Animals That Swim for ages, but you never actually played me any. Got my hands on a CD and now I’m most miffed that I didn’t hear it earlier. You owe me lots of beer.
Nick : 25/03/2007 00:27:00