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Mixtape 200 :: Undergrowth
All hail the mighty kraken — it’s about time some brave band took up the Squid name for themselves.
All hail the mighty kraken — it’s about time some brave band took up the Squid name for themselves.
I meant to write the notes for this show sooner than a month after the fact, but travel plans got in the way and here I am struggling for an intro. I can tell you that hearing Sparklehorse take on Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians’ “Listening to the Higsons” for the first time, mere weeks ago, felt like someone became obsessed with the same cassette as I did thirty years ago, but actually got around to letting the hen out.
There are many bands that go by W.I.T.C.H. but this is the only one where it stands for “we intend to cause havoc.”