From A Basement On The Hill

You can preview next week's new Elliott Smith album by clicking on the link. There's a lot of noisy guitars on it, which should please, be you in the non-acoustic camp. I've heard most of the songs on the album in their live acoustic form, so it's interesting hearing them with a band like King's Crossing for example.

So far I dunno if I like it more than Figure 8 or X/O or Either/Or. It's gathering universally great reviews, but music and all artforms I guess, weighs heavier on people posthumously. I'm not saying that it isn't a great album, just for me it doesn't seem a great distance ahead of any of the records I've mentioned. Maybe with more listens though...