THIS WEEK’S CD RELEASES
In keeping with the times, Sleep Well
Beast takes a dark, nocturnal turn, its atmospheric songs disdaining easy, crowd-pleasing climaxes. But when the band fire off – on
Day I Die or Turtleneck – they really go and the textures of quietly powerful pieces such as I’ll Still Destroy You and the title track push into beautiful new terrain. In 1976 Neil Young sat down with an acoustic guitar and recorded a complete album in one go. Some of those songs, like Pocahontas and
Powderfinger, ended up on subsequent records. Others, like Give Me Strength and Hawaii, have circulated only as bootlegs if at all. These raw, brilliant tunes represent a great lost collection from a unique, truculent talent.