An Introduction to … Elliott Smith
Should the pesky kids in your life be deaf to everything but what’s screamed out by blubbing monkeys on The X Factor, should you be nearing tears yourself on the back of the conundrum that pits you somewhere between recognising Simon Cowell’s unifying impact on your family’s Saturday nights and his evil death grip on the gullet of the arts, should you be reaching, grasping for some gentle way of re-educating the generation below yours, well, have I got just the yoke for you. On October 29, Domino will release An Introduction to … Elliott Smith on CD and lovely collectable vinyl. It will feature fourteen tracks compiled from all seven of Elliott’s albums: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either/Or, XO, Figure 8, From A Basement on the Hill, and New Moon. Domino state their intention as “enabling new generations to learn about Elliott’s music by providing a pathway for people to delve more deeply into his … There’s more