The Westfield Mining Disaster - Sing Hank Williams Saved My Life

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 11 Sep, 2008.

Got a couple of 7"s here on Cloudberry... the first one I've grabbed has an entertaining sleeve and is by The Westfield Mining Disaster called 'Hank Williams saved My Life'. This is kinda indie lounge music with a country twist. Phil reckons the vocal has abit of a lazy Bobby Gillespie drawl and Brian thinks they sound a tiny bit like Eggs. I dunno about that but I do like to eat them. It's very versatile the old egg... I much prefer the B-side 'Six Months in Arrears' it just has more going for it. A charming little indie pop tune with male and female backing vocals. Ltd as all these things are these days.

The Westfield Mining Disaster, based near Bristol, play bittersweet jangle-pop influenced by The Go-
Betweens, Velvet Underground and Orange Juice.
The single is 'Hank Williams Saved My Life' which speaks for itself. We love the music of Hank Williams.
His songs were always written from life experience. You can really feel the passion in his words as a
result. This is another love song, this time, about being left alone.
'Hank Williams saved my life is melodic, catchy country feel pop. Does it work? Well yes it does. We love
this jangly tune, it is far too catchy for its own good. Play it in the car and you will find yourself
grinning and singing along. Brilliant!'
'a slo-fi post-Tramway burn of insight, retrospection and perhaps a little latent Pastelism. Perhaps we
shouldn't be surprised by the quality though, given WMD Paul Towler's connection with the Haywains.'
'a twisted take on guitar-pop, mixing jangly guitars with a hybrid of alt-country, dark brooding lyrics
and no-frills charm - their roots are in 'C86' era indie-pop having previously founded 80's twee-pop veterans
The Haywains'

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