You know that scene in High Fidelity when John Cusack's character puts on The Beta Band in the store and everyone starts nodding their heads in approval and asking who it is? It was kind of like that this weekend at Thirsty Moon Records in Hillcrest, only instead of The Beta Band it was Spacemen 3 and instead of a store full of people it was just me and Carlos. Spacemen 3 is an English band that was active in the late eighties and early nineties. Today's jam I Love You is off the band's last (and only un-re-released album) Recurring. It's heroin-rock esque soft repetitive whispering vocals over light distortion with an upfront steady moving bass line. I hate to make comparisons but I wouldn't doubt that these guys liked to listen to a lot of .....you know...that one guy from that one band where Andy Warhol designed one of their album covers.....yeah that's it. I picked up one of their albums re-released, The Perfect Prescription, but I have to give BIG thanks to the folks at Thirsty Moon for burning me a copy of Recurring. Thanks Thirsty Moon!!
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