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Grass Above My Head​/​My War Blues

by Cian Nugent

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Cian’s lovely follow up to 2011’s much acclaimed “Doubles” LP/CD (vhf#125) presents two short solo acoustic turns - one original, and one Black Flag cover. “Grass Above My Head” is a wistful fingerpicked south Dublin coastal lovesick blues. In contrast to the two ambitiously complex side-long tracks on Doubles, “Grass” is simple and elegant, full of just-so chord changes that make all the right references to the genre classics. In contrast, the truly unusual assault on Black Flag’s “My War” is a knot of edgy picking, starting with an abstracted take on Greg Ginn’s naggingly dissonant intro and rapidly moving into a hypnotic variant that suggest an entirely different kind of blues than the A-side. Truly one of the weirdest (and best) Flag covers of all time.

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released January 31, 2022

Recorded at Shanganagh Sounds, Dublin, Winter and Spring 2010/2011

Mastered by Stephen Quinn
Photography by Cian Nugent
Inner Photography by Cait Fahey
Graphic Design by Conor Lumsden

Special Thanks To Conor Lumsden for the driving, Peter Symes for the microphone and pre-amp, and Rowan Forstler-Walker for the tape.

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