Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Day 1,004, Quasi-Quarantine: An Early Holiday Steal Takes On Melancholy Meaning With The Clean's "Anthology"

 

I'm late to this stellar band, but when I saw The Clean "Anthology" on sale at a dramatically reduced price, I had to pounce. This New Zealand indie group was led by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour and helped form the "Dunedin sound," an eclectic blend of music that helped define 1980s post-punk/indie/psychedelic/college/garage rock.

Merge Records released "Anthology" as a two-disc compilation and celebration of The Clean's influence on so many prominent American indie groups.

The day after the box set arrived, this happened: 



I'll be listening with extra emphasis after this loss. RIP Hamish ... and all hail The Clean.

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