Bill Callahan | The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan's 'Smog' Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session

DC907

22/11/24

Black vinyl

December 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” perform with demonstrative zeal for their British witness at the BBC, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of U.S. darkness in the invariable shadows of the fallen towers. Callahan and band (Jessica Billey, Mike Saenz and Jim White) cover Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Smog with grey, ashen resolve and tour-torn flexibility, amassing a bruised, plaintive essence of humanity with their efforts.

"“Somebody said this EP is very Twin Peaksy. Not in a Badalamenti, torch-song way-a deeper connection. I can see that." - Bill Callahan

Tracklisting

Beautiful Child
 Cold Discovery
 Dirty Pants
 Jesus