{"product_id":"bill-callahan-the-holy-grail-bill-callahans-smog-dec-10-2001-peel-session-12-ep","title":"Bill Callahan - The Holy Grail: Bill Callahans Smog Dec 10 2001 Peel Session 12\" EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecember 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” perform with demonstrative zeal for their British witness at the BBC, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of U.S. darkness in the invariable shadows of the fallen towers. Callahan \u0026amp; band (Jessica Billey, Mike Saenz and Jim White) cover Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Smog with grey, ashen resolve and tour-torn flexibility, amassing a bruised, plaintive essence of humanity with their efforts. “This one to me is a time capsule more than most any of my recordings. All music is a time trapped in time that preaches timelessness -– preaching either convincingly or not. But with a radio session such as this, there is a different aspect. It’s all live, all first take, no overdubs. Also I think having the BBC engineers at the controls, with their own aesthetic, not one I am bringing to the studio, that makes it more encapsulated -- “remember that day we did that?” The circumstances and the memory of the smell of the studio makes it stand out. So it’s more of a performance maybe than a usual recording, because the audience (engineer and producer) were foreign to us. British, milk in tea. So we gave them something to show them who WE were -– Dale Coopers with our black coffees. Somebody said this EP is very Twin Peaksy. Not in a Badalamenti, torch-song way –- a deeper connection. I can see that. “Beautiful Child” has been turned into a minor key song because, well, it really should have been one in the first place! “Cold Discovery” was a live staple then and some nights it could really catch fire. We got a pretty good one for BBC. “Dirty Pants” here is probably better than the LP version. And then there’s “Jesus”. Sweet, sweet “Jesus”. Here sounding like a deathbed plea shot through with visitations from the angel of mercy.” - Bill, 2024  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DRAG CITY","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":53201765433671,"sku":"TRI-04986","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/f5d842f306cd01d7d780f06fecdaf664.jpg?v=1769311877","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/bill-callahan-the-holy-grail-bill-callahans-smog-dec-10-2001-peel-session-12-ep","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}