TIP OF THE TONGUE 02 MARCH 2008
Sun City Girls
You're Never Alone With A Cigarette
Abduction ABDT-040
CD
OUT OF STOCK!
Ain't much argument that Sun City Girls' 1990 album Torch Of The Mystics remains the major centre of gravity in their lurid back catalogue, with its inspired higher-mind synthesis of eastern/Asian/sub-Saharan folk song, electrified modal juice and unknown tongue death-jams. Anyone with a serious jones for the beautiful sounds of that era were left with the tough task of mopping up alla the hard-to-score single sides that the group released in the wake of Torch..., hermetic looking 7"s that bundled unreleased material from the same sessions. You're Never Alone With A Cigarette is the first volume in a series of comps that brings together alla the Sun City Girls' most devastating singles for the first time, with a focus on the Torch Of The Mystics-era sound. Gathered together in one place, this plays like the dream follow-up, with totally cranky instrumental run-throughs that combine classic snake-charming guitar moves with the kind of improvising that has more to do with gravities of blood than any kind of post-jazz wack. Also features a bunch of unreleased jams from the original Torch sessions. Totally fantastic, highly recommended.
