Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The HillElliott Smiths final album, captures his brilliant musical craft at the height of its powers. From a Basement on a Hill retains something of the grand sound of his acclaimed Figure 8 and XO records, and combines it with the intimacy so integral to the breakthrough Either Or and his first two albums. At times simply stunning in its scope and tightly wound melodic dexterity, From a Basement on the Hillhas all the power and poise Elliott has become known

but also goes places Cults haven't gone before

a Frankie Cosmos

Produced by Peter Buck of R

uglier chunks of sound everywhere

Having perfected their craft sharing stages with luminaries such as The Jesus And Mary Chain and The Kills (Alison Mosshart handpicked the band to join them on US and UK tours)

Your Government

While they were at it

The deluxe double LP (limited to 1000 copies for the UK & Eire) features tri-colour double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with two-layered pop-up insert

'Rainbowhead'(2016) and 'Eccie Bam

the Mudd Club and everywhere you'd think would matter

the only other known copy - found in the same Calgary store where Aaron Levin discovered a batch of sealed copies of 'L'Amour' - is presently soaring into quadruple digits on eBay

in contrast to the kinetosis-inducing dirge of ‰Û÷Dissolve‰۪ ‰ÛÒ the first single from the album that came with a suitably stomach-churning video late last year