We Fell To Earth – Careful What You Wish For
The Joshua Tree national park in California has a special place in rock mythology – alt-county pioneer Gram Parsons’ corpse was famously left smouldering by the roadside there, U2’s mid-‘80s visit resulted in their first true claim to greatness and Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess relocated to its dusty plains to briefly reinvent the Northwich indie stalwarts as funked-up space rockers at the tail end of the ‘90s.
It’s also where We Fell To Earth first came together. Compromising Richard File – DJ Shadow’s replacement in UNKLE – and Wendy Rae Fowler – formerly of stoner rockers The Earthlings – the duo cook up a suitably paranoid mix of smoky atmospherics, drone rock and skittering electronics.
Equal parts Ennio Morricone and Portishead, Careful What You Wish For doesn’t stray too far from this formula – guitars shimmer, synths bleep and vocals remain resolutely ethereal.
[You can hear Careful What You Wish For here]
Chris Catchpole
11:47 AM | 22/12/2008
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