Welcome to this week's 3-4-FREE - a three song collection of the best free, legal downloads available on them there internets this week. So here we go, starting with...
The Savings and Loan - Pale Water - http://soundcloud.com/songbytoad/the-savings-and-loan-pale-water
First up is this delightful, melancholy bit of minimalist indie from Glaswegian act The Savings and Loan. As their record label, the fantastic Song By Toad, points out they very much channel aspects of Nick Cave, as well as The National and Leonard Cohen, in their music. Pale Water is a taster of their 9 track album 'Today I Need Light' which has been 6 years in the making and, if this song is anything to go by, it will be well worth the wait.
Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith - Not In Love - http://soundcloud.com/slicingupeyeballs/crystal-castles-robert-smith-not-in-love
Next we have a record featuring a bona fide legend in music (and hairspray usage) - Robert Smith. His instantly recognisable vocal melds brilliantly with the much-improved electronic mish-mash that Crystal Castles bring to the table. This Platinum Blonde cover is due to be released as a single on December 6th on Fiction Records but you can have it now! For free!
Elliot Smith - Thirteen - http://rcrdlbl.com/2010/11/10/download_elliott_smith_thirteen
And finally, we have another cover. 7 years after he took his own life another collection of songs by Elliot Smith, including this gentle, heartbreaking re-imagining of Big Star's track from the 70s has been released. Entitled 'An Introduction To... Elliot Smith' the album has been getting great reviews (as any collection of Smith's work should really) and is a brilliant way to start acquainting yourself with his music.
That's it for this week, hope the continued presence of your ears have been validated for another 7 days!
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