Dirt Don't Hurt
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
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Holly Golightly believes in keeping it raw and real. Over the course of an extensive recording career that began with the similarly possessed Billy Childish, she hasn’t been one for finesse, and she recorded 2008’s Dirt Don’t Hurt in just five days in a studio on the coast of Spain, using retro equipment — those all important vintage microphones — to capture what sounds like a garage band sitting around a campfire. Her “band” consists of one Lawyer Dave who’s credited with “things with strings.” This primitive approach allows for lots of bizarre percussion and an overall sense that these are field recordings unearthed by an eager scholar. “Gettin’ High For Jesus” adds a few gospel shouts for good measure and tracks such as “Burn Your Fun,” the traditionals “Cluck Old Hen” and “Boat’s Up the River,” and “Indeed You Do” frolic with enthusiastic banjo and guitar until the entire ensemble sounds like a band looking to break their lease. It’s not quite out of control, but very loose and proud of its raucous tone.
Customer Reviews
i totally dig it!
nice lo fi vibe. also check out Eddie Skuller's "the morphine berry story"
Haunting, Happy and Hilarious
I bought this album after seeing this amazing duo perform live at "The Mercury Lounge" in NYC. The immediate shock of actually seeing them is that there is ONLY two of them (you're constantly asking yourself, "where's the rest of the band?"). But believe me, this pair produces a whole-band's worth of sound and music . . . and more . . . just by themselves. Watching them perform, was nothing short of humbling, They look rough and gritty, but they are total pros and have truly mastered their art. And that is true of this album: it is a brilliant collection of Haunting songs ("Indeed you do"--my personal favorite), Happy ("Squeeze ya") and somewhat hilarious ("My 45", which Lawyer Dave affectionately refers to as their "domestic violence number"). All in all, this a GREAT collection of country and blues. They are on tour in the US right now (Noc-Dec 2008), trust me, its worth catching them live--you will enjoy and appreciate this CD so much more that way. I also recommend Holly's earlier album "Truly she is none other". It is also smashing!
Lo-fi folk, country and blues: the new Richard & Mimi Fariña?
UK lo-fi roots goddess Holly Golightly’s second release with the Brokeoffs (a “group” comprised of her associate Lawyer Dave on bass, vocals, percussion and guitars) is an amalgam of country, blues and folk that sputters and clanks like a well-worn jalopy on a dusty back road. The opening “Bottom Below” scrapes along on string bass, dobro, banjo plucks and percussive slaps seemingly struck by a string tied to a one-man band’s ankle. Lawyer Dave sings the low end of the duets in a gruff voice that’s balanced by Golightly’s girlish harmonies; imagine Richard & Mimi Fariña squaring off with Tom Waits in a junkyard full of percussive implements. The likeness to the Fariña’s is especially close on the sing-song folk-blues “Burn Your Fun” and the harmonica-led blues-grunge “Gettin’ High for Jesus.” The duet turns to sassy Johnny & June call-and-response with “My 45” and old-timey on the banjo-led “Accuse Me.” The country-blue weeper “Up Off the Floor” is delivered with a catatonic vocal of pain that evidences the results of the lyric’s vindictive kiss-off, while the comeuppance of “Indeed You Do” is pushed along by a tenuous rhythm and peels of slide guitar. The duo’s ballads, including “Slow Road” and “Indeed You Do,” crawl slowly, the former evoking the strutting march-time accents of Cabaret’s “Wilkommen.” The album’s covers include the jump blues “I Wanna Hug Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya,” rendered here as a scratchy electric blues, and the traditional mountain tune “Cluck Old Hen” in one of its many lyric variations (all of which seem to threaten the hen for its lack of production), and read as an insomnia-inducing nursery rhyme. The entire album was recorded in a few days between tour stops, resulting in a set that’s finished without being polished. It’s the sort of run-through attributable to principals that have developed a partnership through which they’ve deeply internalized their musical influences. The lo-fi aesthetic is a less conspicuous element here than on Golightly’s earlier works with Thee Headcoatees and others, adding a patina of sparseness that suggests history rather than hurry. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]
Biography
Born: 1966 in England
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Holly Golightly
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There's an End | Truly She Is None Other | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Christmas Tree On Fire | Christmas Tree On Fire - EP | 2:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tell Me Now So I Know | Truly She Is None Other | 2:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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My Love Is | My First Holly Golightly Album | 3:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Wherever You Were | My First Holly Golightly Album | 2:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Burn Your Fun | Dirt Don't Hurt | 3:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Devil Do | You Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Walk a Mile | Truly She Is None Other | 2:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Time Will Tell | Truly She Is None Other | 2:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Slowly But Surely | My First Holly Golightly Album | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
