Naim Amor - Precious Second

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 27 Aug, 2009.

'Precious Second' is a double 7" from guitary singer songwriter dude Naim Amor and I think it's very nice. I hate to use the word 'Americana' twice in two reviews but he'a making it difficult, especially when there's also a member of Calexico involved. The lead track is a lovely acoustic meditation, intimately recorded, with shimmering arpeggios complementing his husky, suggestive tones. 'Woman, Who's a Woman' rocks things up all yee-haw with a beat straight from 'Waiting For My Man'. It sounds like audio denim with Jack Daniels stains on but it's kinda good fun I think. There's another 7" here but I'm not going to listen to that. Soz.

Naïm’s second release for The Orchestra Pit Recording Co. comes in a gorgeous gatefold sleeve and once again features recordings from his 2 albums made with Calexico’s Joey Burns & John Convertino and PJ Harvey cohort John Parish (‘Sanguine’ and ‘Mistake Love’ respectively). Disc one features the lead track “Precious Second”, a reflective autumnal shuffle, combining Naïm’s gallic suave with that bone dry Tucson backbeat to create an elegantly simple 3 minute pop song; whilst flip-side “Woman, Who’s A Woman”, with lyrics penned by Marianne Dissard, is a languid rocker à la Velvet Underground, replete with a great Keith Moon style drum break from former Calexico member Tasha Bundy. The bonus disc offers up one of the highlights from Naïm’s series of ‘Soundtacks’ albums, now on it’s third volume, the track “Stuck (instr.)” originally featured on Volume II which was put out through Howe Gelb’s OwOm label; and finally we have Naïm’s take on the Kermit classic “(it ain't easy) Bein’ Green”, ubiquitous though it may well be of late, Naïm takes the song back to it’s roots.....as he says “I’m French…don’t worry”.

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