Before Wit’s End, before Catacombs and before the near universal ‘year-end list’ acclaim, Cass McCombs quietly released A in 2004 via the Monitor label. I’ve been reintroducing the album piecemeal into my radio show over the past few months. Revisit A’s opening pair of tracks below.
MP3: Cass McCombs :: I Went To The Hospital
MP3: Cass McCombs :: Bobby, King of Boys Town
Love this record. Still the best thing he’s ever done in my opinion. Blue-eyed soul for indie-rockers.
1 | Noah January 26th, 2012 at 8:08 pmGreat stuff! Just saw him live for the first time this past weekend and it was a lovely show. You’re always ahead of the curve, AD!
2 | tasha January 26th, 2012 at 9:32 pmMay favorite next to Catacombs
3 | that Stephen January 26th, 2012 at 9:51 pmaids in africa?
4 | ben January 26th, 2012 at 10:31 pmNever heard of this guy — in fact, till I got down to the comments, I thought ‘he’ was a ‘she’ — and this isn’t my kind of music, but I love these songs. In an weird way, they reminded me of Hasil Adkins (who I haven’t thought about in years).
5 | RPS January 26th, 2012 at 10:45 pmHis best, bar none.
6 | sEEhs January 26th, 2012 at 11:47 pmGood call. The Not The Way EP from around the same time is great too. One of the best songwriters around.
7 | Matt January 27th, 2012 at 3:51 amI can’t believe you just posted about these two tracks! I’ve been obsessing over them for the last two weeks! What a very bizarre coincidence. They’re by far my favorite songs of his. Good taste, as usual, AD!
8 | Champaignofblogs February 2nd, 2012 at 8:33 pmGreat record, first Cass I heard. Listening to The Beach Boys Surfin’ Safari today I heard a striking similarity between ‘Moon Dawg’ and ‘When The Bible Was Wrote’… Although I think ‘Moon Dawg is an old surf song by The Gamblers or The Tornadoes… …all worth checkin’ out.
Beach Boys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPjEJNInY4
9 | Andrew Lynch February 5th, 2012 at 5:08 amCass McCombs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBhev8EvqTQ