But it was his move to the Northwest at age 14 to be with his psychiatrist father that opened up avenues emotionally, developmentally, and musically. As is often true in life, this unfortunate environment proved to be the crucible for development of a budding songwriter, lyricist, and musician. Steven Paul Smith ( official site) was born in 1969 to a slightly-mixed-up family in Nebraska, moved to Texas a year later with his then-divorced mother, and grew up in a life of suburban boredom, strife, alcoholism, and angst. (The next year the song was New Slang by The Shins from Garden State, a song that will not soon leave my own “stuck in the MP3 player” list).
ELLIOTT SMITH EITHER OR DOWNLOAD BLOGSPOT MOVIE
Surprisingly, it is not that often that I feel compelled to fast-forward to the end of a movie to find the music credits, but this song really caught my ear, and I had to find out who created it. The song was Needle in the Hay by the artist Elliott Smith. But four years ago I caught a song near the end of The Royal Tenenbaums. I'm always on the search for new music, but these days my avenues of discovery are few. Today he discusses one of his favorite music artists (and, shockingly, he wasn’t signed to 4AD ). Previously he has written about television, movies, travel and a game.
Our Elliott Smith back catalog is also on sale until January 4th in our mail order and on iTunes.Paul’s note: This is Scott’s fifth contribution to (at least) one cool thing. "Cecilia/Amanda" is a reworking of that song with almost completely different lyrics.
An earlier version of this song was initially written and recorded by Elliott's high school band, Stranger Than Fiction, and was known as "Time is Ours Now". It was recorded at Jackpot! Recording Studio in 1997 by Larry Crane. To celebrate the addition of these amazing records we are giving away a free, previously unreleased song entitled "Cecilia/Amanda". With the addition of these two records Kill Rock Stars is now the home for all of Elliott Smith’s independent releases: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either/Or, From a Basement on the Hill, and New Moon. We will also be releasing Roman Candle on vinyl for the first time in the U.S.įrom a Basement on the Hill was released posthumously in 2004 on ANTI- records. Please note that none of this album is “remixed” from the master tapes - it is still composed of the mixes Elliott created himself.” We never tried to make this CD as loud as current, over-limited trends, but just to match the volume of the rest of Elliott’s KRS catalog in a graceful way. When I went to Roger Seibel's SAE Mastering, he proceeded to equalize the tracks a small amount and to make the volume slightly louder. I felt by reducing these noises that the music would become more inviting and the sound would serve the songs better. I felt that a lot of the guitar “squeaks” were jarring and very loud, and that many of the hard consonants and “S” sounds were jarring and scratchy sounding. Larry explains, “The intention that I had was to make the album more listenable. Roman Candle has been remastered for the re-release by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Elliott's family. I have never heard music as heartwrenchingly, gut-checkingly honest, intimate, and wise - before or since." Instead of watching the rest of the performers, I went out to the tour van and popped Roman Candle into the player, and listened to it on endless repeat for the rest of the evening and beyond. Sean Croghan got up next and said "all of you people who just talked through Elliott's set are bummed because you just misssed something very very special." The next night of the tour, at The Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco, I listened very closely to Elliott's set, and it was basically one of those life-changing moments. The first night at the Crocodile in Seattle, I didn't pay too much attention and people talked all thru Elliott's set. Roman Candle had quite an impact on Slim Moon, Kill Rock Stars' founder: "In 1994, I had been asked to be on this five-person solo-act tour called Pop Chord with Tammy Watson, Carrie Akre, Sean Croghan and Elliott Smith.
Roman Candle is Elliott Smith’s first solo album and was originally released on Portland’s Cavity Search Records in 1994. Kill Rock Stars is very excited to announce that on April 6th, 2010 we will be adding Elliott Smith’s Roman Candle and From a Basement on the Hill records to our catalog.
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