Dirty Three "Whatever You Love, You Are" Touch and Go TG223CD 2000 (48:19)
Some Summers They Drop Like Flys (6:20)
I
Really Should've Gone Out Last Night (6:55)
I
Offered It Up to the Stars & the Night Sky (13:41)
Some Things I Just Don't Want to Know (6:08)
Stellar (7:29)
Lullabye
for Christie (7:46)
Dirty Three is: W. Ellis - violin, M. Turner - guitar, J. White - drums.
Sometimes I'm maniacally flipping through the cds at a shop when I stumble upon one that makes me stop for some unknown reason. The first thing that caught my eye here was the beautiful Van Gogh like cover, then the name of the artist rang a few vague bells. I seem to remember it being dropped a few times on the SWANS and Scott Walker e-mail lists and in The Wire magazine ... all reliable sources for great music recommendations. A half minute into the first track at the listening station I knew this was for me. Dirty Three are an instrumental 3 piece from Australia with at least half a dozen full length albums in 8 years. The music is composed solely on violin, guitar and drums ... deceivingly simple considering the rich and full sound. Each piece is slow and melancholic as the clean guitar tones, violin and light percussion gently play off each other. "I Offered It.." is the exception as it begins with several minutes of solo violin then slowly builds into a barely contained rock frenzy in the latter half. It's for the best that these tracks are instrumental because the titles and music say everything that needs to be said. "Whatever You Love, You Are" (great title) is a delicately beautiful album and I'm sure the more musically hip (i.e., fans of Nick Cave, the Legendary Pink Dots, SWANS, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, etc.) will agree. Looks like I have some back catalog catching up to do ...
Dirty Three
Touch
and Go Records
Where did I get this cd? - CD Source in Dallas, TX.