Spain have launched “Her-Used-To-Been”, as a taster of their upcoming archival launch, World Of Blue – watch the video beneath.
World Of Blue consists of beforehand unreleased tracks taken from a 1994 recording session that preceded the band’s 1995 landmark LP, The Blue Moods Of Spain.
In response to Spain’s Josh Haden, he wrote the “Her-Used-To-Been” as a “love track influenced by Bessie Smith.”
“Within the late Nineteen Eighties, I labored as a music librarian at KCRW whereas taking school courses at Santa Monica Faculty. One of many perks of the job was taking dwelling a number of nice music. The music director let me hold a Bessie Smith field set, and I listened to these discs on a regular basis. ‘Her Used-To-Been’ is paraphrased from a Bessie Smith track about how the protagonist goes again to her abusive ex-. In my model, I’m the protagonist and I’m telling Bessie to not return.”
World Of Blue is launched on September 30 by Shimmy-Disc/Joyful Noise. The album is available for purchase right here in addition to in your discerning report retailers.
