My pal Greg Gardner is working on some night moves called Secret Seven Records. A few months ago, he released some friendly sounds by Mt. Egypt, and now he’s getting ready to drop some more home cooking: The Two Sides of Tim Cohen. It’s a solo album by a local rapscallion named Tim Cohen, formerly of Black Fiction, and it’s a real nice collection of foggy folk songs. I tend to favor the loose, spacey side of rock music, and this album is open and astral — but with rough edges that reminded me of Panda Bear minus the Beach Boys-ish harmonies. More Floyd, early Floyd. Saucerful of Secrets, soundtrack to “More” Floyd. Whatever the vibe is, it’s rough and quiet and psychedelic and probably has British roots. But I’ll stop before I say more because it’s better than I’m making it sound, and I’ll probably be on someone’s knuckle sandwich list if I throw around any more crazy notions. I’ll attach a song that’s more Leonard Cohen, or maybe mellow Replacements, than Floyd, okay?
It’s a quiet, moody jam called “Warriors & Clowns.” A choice cut.
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I love it! but any song that uses the words “my lady” belongs more to leonard cohen than anything ever done by the replacements.
You’re probably right. On the Ren Fair spectrum, this song is probably closer to Leonard Cohen than to Paul Westerberg.
I would love to see the musical Ren Fair spectrum in diagram/chart form. Clearly Led Zeppelin is firmly anchoring the heavy end.