This is the debut UK single from the U.S. lo-fi/DIY garage/folk duo Jeremy Earl(owner of the Brooklyn-based label Woodsist and the elegantly titled Fuck-It Tapes) and Jarvis Taverniere, a.k.a. WOODS.
Both sides of the 7” are taken from the band’s fourth album ‘Songs Of Shame’, although the B-side is an exclusive UK-only live-on-WKVR-radio performance of the album version.
Both sides have a distinctive home-made/jerry-built feel. ‘To Clean’ features messy, squealing guitars and looping cassette collages, with dreadful falsetto-ish vocals imparting Christ knows what from well beneath the surface.
Off-kilter licks and heavy-handed chords are hammered out during ‘Rain On Radio’, but despite the inane structure, the song has an unconventional, low-key beauty about it, something that side A is missing completely.
Jekyll and Hyde or what?
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