ARTIST: Golden Smog
TITLE: Blood on the Slacks
LABEL: Lost Highway Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 188kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 24m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-04-24
RIP DATE: 2007-04-13

Track List
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1.  Can't Even Tie Your Own Shoes    3:09
2.  Starman                          4:42
3.  Look At You Now                  3:04
4.  Scotch On Ice                    3:14
5.  Magician                         1:20
6.  Without A Struggle               3:14
7.  Tarpit                           3:07
8.  Insecure                         3:03

Release Notes:

With two releases in less than a year, should Golden Smog still be considered a
side project? On this follow-up to Another Fine Day, the Minneapolis offshoot of
the Jayhawks (Gary Louris, Marc Perlman), Soul Asylum (Dan Murphy), and Run
Westy Run (Kraig Johnson) indulge in pop Anglophilia and '70s nostalgia,
Mellotron, and synthesizer, as the mini-album includes covers of David Bowie's
"Starman" and Dinosaur Jr.'s "Tarpit," along with originals that have the
freewheeling spirit of a busman's holiday. Cuts that might not fit with their
former/regular bands include "Scotch on Ice," a yearning ballad about an
inhumanly compliant sex partner (device?), and "Magician," a cheesy
instrumental. Yet the folkish, harmonica-laced "Without a Struggle" would have
sounded just fine on a Jayhawks album, and the buoyant propulsion and lush
harmonies of "Can't Even Tie Your Own Shoes" shows the band playing for keeps.
(Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, an occasional Smogger, was sidelined for these sessions.)