Giant Drag are a two (and sometimes three) piece band that make music of the grungy-shoegazery type, often with cat meows. Meows are an underrated tool in popular music.
The band consists of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Annie Hardy and drummer/synth player (at the same time) Micah Calabrese. They have broken up and reunited and rebroken and rereunited on and off over the last several years. Clearly fate wants more of their scuzzily dreamy music. And they have to pay the bills. But probably mostly fate.
Today's Best Song Ever is 'Smashing,' from the duo's debut album Hearts and Unicorns.
'Smashing' sits more firmly in the shoegazer end of the band sound. If I had to think of one word to describe the song, it would be expansive. It feels enormous, yet achingly empty. The synth heartbeat echoes like an SOS signal through the empty shell of a derelict space station slowly crashing towards Earth, bursting into sparks of guitar haze and drum beat detritus. Over this distant chaos Hardie's ghostly vocals float and whisper before fading into the din.
And then it ends with towels! Perfect.
Please, tell me what she says at the end (english is not my native lenguage). And yes, its a amazing song, the way that breaks the solemnity at the end , with this uproarious laughter , is what makes the song unforgettable.
ReplyDeleteTowel on your head to keep dry - ahahahah haha ha - sorry
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