Slim Twig: Whiite Fantaseee
BY Chris Bilton
November 28, 2007 10:11
SLIM TWIG PLAYS THE TIGER BAR (414 COLLEGE) DEC 4.
Electronica and rockabilly finally got drunk and hooked up for one twisted night of cross-pollination, resulting in a local enigma that goes by the name Slim Twig. This one-man act and sometime actor is often found in the all-ages vicinity of the Huckleberry Friends — HF’s own Siena Decampo lends her keyboard skills to the EP — but Slim Twig’s music is definitely out there on its own in the grating-yet-catchy expanse of experimentation. The samba programming on “Tormen” provides a twisted background for what sounds like Elvis singing himself into the drug-dazed oblivion of his reverb-chamber bathroom, while the title track builds to a swirling, synthy mess for a full 10 minutes of cello-soaked ecstasy. And lyrics such as “With the gunmetal sweaty” and “I want to be that eloquent smoker” (from “Brothl Hunting!” and “Gate Hearing!” respectively) offer just a taste of the greasy poetics that populate Slim Twig’s weird world.
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