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The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session Bill Callahan

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Release date: Nov 22, 2024
Catalogue number: DC907
Barcode: 0781484090717
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December 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s Smog perform
with demonstrative zeal for their British witness at the
BBC, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of US
darkness in the invariable shadows of the fallen towers.
Callahan and band (Jessica Billey, Mike Saenz and Jim
White) cover Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Smog with grey,
ashen resolve and tour-torn flexibility, amassing a bruised,
plaintive essence of humanity with their efforts.

“This one to me is a time capsule more than most any of
my recordings. All music is a time trapped in time that
preaches timelessness - preaching either convincingly or
not. But with a radio session such as this, there is a
different aspect. It’s all live, all first take, no overdubs. Also
I think having the BBC engineers at the controls, with their
own aesthetic, not one I am bringing to the studio, that
makes it more encapsulated - ‘remember that day we did
that?’ The circumstances and the memory of the smell of
the studio makes it stand out. So it’s more of a
performance maybe than a usual recording, because the
audience (engineer and producer) were foreign to us.
British, milk in tea. So we gave them something to show
them who WE were - Dale Coopers with our black coffees.

“Somebody said this EP is very Twin Peaksy. Not in a
Badalamenti, torch-song way - a deeper connection. I can
see that.

“‘Beautiful Child’ has been turned into a minor key song
because, well, it really should have been one in the first
place! ‘Cold Discovery’ was a live staple then and some
nights it could really catch fire. We got a pretty good one
for BBC. ‘Dirty Pants’ here is probably better than the LP
version. And then there’s ‘Jesus’. Sweet, sweet ‘Jesus’.
Here sounding like a deathbed plea shot through with
visitations from the angel of mercy.” - Bill, 2024

Track List:
Beautiful Child
Cold Discovery
Dirty Pants
Jesus
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