MY FIRSTBORN WILL SURELY BE BLIND

"My, oh my. Grimmest album in a long time. Best collection of cover versions that i can think of. For "My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind", Smolken has recorded black metal versions of, nay, assaults on country and folk tunes. Thus, traditionals like "A Rosebud in June" or "Sheep-Crook, Black Dog" get the abrasive treatment, together with tracks by artists as diverse as Neko Case, Townes van Zandt, Japanese songwriter Kazuki Tomokawa, and Cole Porter (!). If you should think this selection was eccentric or eclectic, well, it is, but wait until you hear the actual versions." www.digitalisindustries.com/