THE DUKE SPIRIT – Love Is An Unfamiliar Name [7″; Loog Records, 2005] * * * * 1/2
„Will you get this, honey?/
I’m for sticking!“
Liela Moss, die Duke-Sirene, schickt einen Gruß aus der Unterwelt! Der Beat pocht, klopft und rasselt, aus dem Gulli dampft es heiß und stickig:
„Present and future/
I’m gonna love you…“
Die Gitarren brausen auf, Liela singt sich per Double-Tracking in Trance, wie bei einer Geisterbeschwörung. Die ersten The Duke Spirit-45s leben von einer schäbigen, Noir-glamourösen und anmutigen Power, die schwindelerregend wirkt. Ganz im Kontrast zum grellen Quitten-gelben Vinyl, auf dem „Love Is An Unfamiliar Name“ gepresst wurde.
Unwiderstehlich sind sie alle, diese The Duke-Spirit-45 aber ist meine liebste von ihnen.
Heed Neptune’s call!
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