The Blow - Poor Aim: Love Songs

Like other entries in the States Rights Records/Slender Means Society's Pregnancy Series, The Blow's Poor Aim: Love Songs is a CD EP that's kind of a sampler of the act's sound, or an airing out of material that doesn't have a natural home on their longer releases. Here Blow consist of Khaela Maricich and Jona Bechtolt, laying down a sound that's more funk-oriented than Blow's early recordings, though it still has a minimal electro-pop feel. The seven-song, 17-minute disc sounds a little like The Raincoats had they gone in a more R&B-oriented direction, though not as fully produced as The Raincoats. Read More