Friday, June 22, 2007

Unwound - "Kantina/Were, Are And Was Or Is."

Unwound - "Kantina/Were, Are And Was Or Is.": "Oh, Unwound, how complicated you are. When my best friend put "Kantina" on a mixtape for me (during the Mixtape Era- look it up, kids), I discovered the raw power of Unwound and I wanted to play it over and over again. Unfortunately, on CD, Unwound put three freaking songs all in one track - "Valentine Card", "Kantina" and "Were, And And Was Or Is." - even though the first and second tracks are not connected at all. In other words, you don't get the usual CD (or digital) pleasure of just skipping to the song you want to hear. So, if you want to hear some amazing, pummeling rock sludge that shifts into echo-y dream rock at points and then slowly transitions into beautifully distorted but shimmering guitar interplay, press play on this track and skip to the 3:26 mark for "Kantina/Were, Are And Was Or Is."."

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