(Smog)- Red Apple Falls (1997)

It's a rainy day. I usually hate the rain, really. But today it's so obnoxious and windy, I kind of don't mind anymore. I guess I won't be walking to that thrift store like I planned..

With rainy weather comes rainy music. I'm not for sure if that makes sense, but to someone who is always cooped up in a basement with a rather handsome music collection, it should. (Smog) is the first artist that came to mind as a candidate. Under the hand of Bill Callahan, the project pioneers the lo-fi underbelly of amplified folk music. So, I don't know, a fuzzier Bright Eyes? A less loud Slint? (not that Slint is all that loud, anyway.) But what I notice most of all (Smog)'s presence. I hate when people say things like that, though, what am I supposed to say? He's just there, and you're there, and that's all that matters. "To Be of Use" is a great example of the supposed presence; Callahan just wants to love you.

It stopped raining, by the way.

1. Morning Paper

2. Blood Red Bird

3. Red Apples

4. I Was a Stranger

5. To Be of Use

6. Red Apple Falls

7. Ex-Con

8. Inspirational

9. Finer Days

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