New live CAN, from pretty late in their time as a band. They had recently added Rosko Gee as a bass player, so Holger Czukay is making experimental noises in the background.
There's also a heady new release of an old Czukay collab with Brian Eno.
This may not be the first song I remember hearing, but it is one of the first I can recall having a visceral reaction to. My mom was an avid soundtrack collector of her favorite movies— The Lost Boys soundtrack often played in my house growing up. One day I was laying on my bed on a dreary afternoon and I remember hearing Jim Morrison’s voice floating up from the downstairs stereo. As he sang faces look ugly when you’re alone I stared into the small faces of the porcelain dolls on my shelf (that my mom insisted I keep on display even though they always made be slightly uncomfortable) until I imagined their faces warping and bending into strange expressions.
I've always liked The Roches but never been a big *head* - my friend Warren sent me this deep cut today (I think it was later released on a Maggie Roche compilation?) and it's fantastic