Throwback MP3 of the Week: Butterglory, “Carmen Cross”
I never saw Butterglory, or, for that matter, Matt Suggs’ other band, White Whale. But reading Our Noise: the Story of Merge Records reminded me a lot of Suggs and his music.
Once upon a time, 10 years ago, I hosted KJHK‘s local music show, Plow the Fields. In the course of my year and a half on the program, I was introduced to quite a few amazing bands, and heard quite a few songs that have stuck with me through the years. No song has ever grabbed me quite the way Butterglory’s “Carmen Cross” did, however.
From the band’s final album, Rat Tat Tat, it’s one of those songs that I could hear every day, and never get tired of. Debby Vander Wall’s vocals are gorgeous, but it’s the guitar line to “Carmen Cross” that will work its way into your brain and never, ever let go. Like the Pixies‘ “Where Is My Mind?” and that dog.’s “Minneapolis,” “Carmen Cross” is a song that is just so pretty that you can’t help but stop everything you’re doing for three to four minutes and stare at the speakers in awe.
Shake Your Fist’s “Butterglory Reconsidered” post from three years ago says everything I said, and more.
