From a Basement on the Hill
A sprawling, posthumous collection of gritty indie rock and fragile folk. Dense with distorted guitars, tape hiss, and hauntingly direct lyrics about addiction.
October 18, 2004 · Kill Rock Stars
A sprawling, posthumous collection of gritty indie rock and fragile folk. Dense with distorted guitars, tape hiss, and hauntingly direct lyrics about addiction.
October 18, 2004 · Kill Rock Stars
Tape hiss and blown-out guitars crowd the margins of these songs, fighting for space with a voice that sounds like it is being whispered directly into your ear. There is a heavy, humid weight to the acoustic strums, occasionally punctured by sudden blooms of psychedelic noise. You are listening to someone document their own unraveling in real time, balancing fragile melodies against a dark, distorted tide that threatens to swallow the vocals whole.
How does From a Basement on the Hill sound next to the rest of Elliott Smith's catalogue?
A heavy, drug-hazed midnight atmosphere settles over these tracks, casting a nocturnal shadow that replaces the daylight clarity of his earlier songwriting.
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