ELLIOTT SMITH - Figure 8 2LP r&b the 5 Dutones

the 5 Dutones

'' ''Early Minor'' and ''The Ghetto Walk'' - come to vinyl for general release for the first time ever

Plays The Greys is a patchwork album

outtakes and home recordings spanning the band's seven-year existence

A ten song investigation into the uses and abuses of shame in various contexts

ELLIOTT SMITH - Figure 8 2LP r&b the 5 DutonesDouble 180 gram vinyl. Musically, the album is his most orchestrated work, with strings, bells, harpsichord, gorgeous piano, and unabashed guitar God moments, a definite sense of fun amidst all the darkness the lyrics attempt to exorcise. His righteous dismissal of "L. A." is his heaviest, most hard rock moment, while also a stark denial of home 'I can't go home, it's not on my way.' In fact, like much of Figure 8 it brings to mind another cathartic