Houdini cover

Houdini

Released

One of the 1990s’ most striking rock bands – besides more familiar rock instrumentation, the credits also include bouzouki, hammered dulcimer and thumb piano – Scotland’s Long Fin Killie made a remarkable debut with Houdini. The quartet were all skilled players but it was the astonishing ability of Luke Sutherland, possessed of both a striking falsetto and the ability to write fierce, startling, truly literary lyrics, that made songs like “Idiot Hormone,” “How I Blew It With Houdini” and – with a smart Mark E. Smith cameo – “The Heads of Dead Surfers” shine.

Ned Raggett

Recommended by

Suggestions
Invisible Chains cover

Invisible Chains

Invisible Chains
 Orange Clearing cover

Orange Clearing

Domenica Diavoleria
The Museum Of Human Happiness cover

The Museum Of Human Happiness

The Legendary Pink Dots
Wave cover

Wave

Patti Smith Group
Prairiewolf cover

Prairiewolf

Prairiewolf
Skin Yard cover

Skin Yard

Skin Yard
FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy cover

FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Suzanne Ciani