Topaz Rags
» Destroying rock and roll through the power of pouty downer ballads
Topaz Rags, Capricorn Born Again
In a way, Topaz Rags is another permutation of Britt and Amanda Brown's Pocahaunted. On the other hand, they are a zombie blues trio bent on destroying rock and roll through the power of pouty downer ballads.
On these two gorgeous tracks off their new LP Capricorn Born Again, they're like a west coast White Magic, loping mid-tempo and driven solely by the melancholic taste of minimal piano melodies and percussive thumps beneath a gruff bass line, all bowing and beholden to Amanda Brown and Ash Cunningham's six-part vocal delay call and response.
Check a fantastic imagining of this music's true home here.
Posted on November 24, 2009. More on: topaz rags, amanda brown, ash cunningham, britt brown, capricorn born again, pocahaunted, white magic
