posted August 10, 2021 #
Last Friday (Bandcamp Friday, natch),
DM Stith released two new singles via
yk Records. The singles are actually two pairs of songs, all culled from the recording sessions of his 2016 album
Pigeonheart. They are b-sides, alternate and early cuts. The whole thing is meant to evoke that
Circuit City sort of experience where you stumble upon a maxisingle import that has some elusive b-sides that very few of your friends have ever heard of.
Obviously I'm biased in my enjoyment of the tracks or I wouldn't have put them out but I
really think these alt versions of
My Impatience / Cormorant are especially wonderful. I've always been a fan of the versions that ended up on
Pigeonheart but it's kind of stunning to hear these early versions that he decided to axe. They're fully formed songs and it's just mind boggling to think of the creative process that went through making the songs.
The other single -
High Tower / Imperial Leather is great too and actually shows a funnier side of Stith that I don't think comes across in his music too often. He is a serious artist and his songs carry a lot of gravity (it's why we love them) but sometimes it's nice to hear him be a little jaunty.
All four tracks will be streaming on the various services over the next month but they're only on Bandcamp for now.
