David Kilgour
The Far Now
Merge Records, 2007
Erstwhile leader of Dunedin New Zealand’s The Clean, David Kilgour has created a long and interesting career flying the indie-rock flag south of the equator. Like kindred spirit Bob Pollard, Kilgour has made a series of quirky and interesting albums, both in his long career with The Clean, and solo: perfect pop melodies often couched in decidedly lo-fi casings.
Like fellow Kiwi Roy Montgomery, Kilgour has always been interested in the possibilities of the guitar, and has long imbued his recordings with layers and textures of sometimes startlingly beautiful sounds. His records have an organic quality that is refreshingly out of step in this age of aggressive, plastic music. The far-out sounds are created on traditional instruments, mostly guitars, which give his music a pleasingly grounded flair; flight balanced with gravity. This uniqueness may or may not be related to the fact that he hails from Dunedin, an isolated little city in the south of New Zealand, the most isolated country in the world.
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