Ted Hughes was a poet and the famed husband of Sylvia Plath. Why someone would accuse him of anything, other than making the wrong marital choice, is not clarified in the new SYR7 recording. piggy-backing on a lot of what i wrote yesterday, J' Accuse Ted Hughes is a pair of live tracks recorded by the band proper in 2000 and 2003 (respectively?).
Kim handles the vocals on the first track "J'Accuse Ted Hughes", and her moaning is a surprising change from he speak-sing style. "You are a poet-tah/Take a wrong way hooooome-muh." Then drones, then Kim asserting "I will fuck you-huh" She sounds more like witch than gutter-punk.
23 minutes of drone. And the last 3 minutes are the best part, I'm sure this sounds sexier on vinyl.
Track two "Agnès B. Musique" is a vast departure from the standard SY catalog: chilled out ambient. after being accosted by KG (and sexually aroused?) "Musique" is a welcome change. The fuzzed out synth drones and sly guitar feedback may feel more comfortable on a Mogwai record perhaps, but no less interesting. And the last 5 minutes, once again, make the previous 14 minutes all the more worthwhile.
