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Elliott Smith
From a Basement on a Hill
(Anti)
It's hard not to go all dewy eyed when listening to Elliott Smith's posthumously released fifth proper album.
Even if you weren't a fan, it's hard not to be moved by this wonderful collection of typically fantastic Smith songs - careening vocals, pained lyrics and touching melodies.
Smith left no note before his apparent suicide - almost a year to the day of this album's release. Instead, in these bitter-sweet songs he leaves us in no doubt of the troubled state of his mind in his final weeks.
Mark is a UK-based writer covering music, culture and the arts. He’s been writing for the South China Morning Post for two decades from New York, London and in Hong Kong, covering everything from the 9-11 attacks in Manhattan to Blur’s first concerts in China. He’s an avid fan of alternative and indie rock and pop and for a spell helped organise and DJ at a number of Hong Kong club nights.
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