Tom Helgerson of the somewhat mysterious and reclusive (I mean he lives in Montana) Shahs sent over a new track titled “Lover’s Rock” that will be placed on a yet-to-be-recorded album of the same name. Foremost though he is prepping his newest release Dry Heat/Valley Low for an early 2010 release on Riley Bushman. These songs are hidden gems of mouth-b(r)eat(h)ing that are always screwy and even sometimes nonsensical in the best way possible; hes created almost the antithesis of AnCo in many ways. “Lover’s Rock” picks up where “Pablo Picasso” left off and continues Shahs whispery hip-swaying beats backdropped almost always by organ. Its worth noting that “Lover’s Rock” is also the title of a Sade song as well as the Clash, I guess that kind of goes with “Pablo Picasso” being the title of a Modern Lovers track, in a way. Check out the song below, and for bonus a video of the Tom-himself performing “Handreader” live.
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