Charlie Megira and The Hefker Girl - Charlie Megira Und The Hefker Girl (Opaque Ennui)

Charlie Megira and The Hefker Girl - Charlie Megira Und The Hefker Girl (Opaque Ennui)LP, Opaque Ennui Numero Group (2023) US In 2006, Israeli garage nik Charlie Megira took a sonic turn while partnered with Israeli multi instrumentalist Michal Kahan. The duo wasted no time forging a new path, swapping Megiras trademark reverb for echo, and guitar noir for new wave. Their third album together, Charlie Megira Und the Hefker Girl is an unabashed continuation of gothy 80s archetypes employed by Joy Division, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and

Pressed on to red and yellow vinyl to mirror the album’s artwork – a picture of actress Faye Dunaway also painted by Jackson – the edition will feature the original record

club and electronic music all danced together and everyone was invited

an album of indelible choruses and mesmeric melodies that glides from electro grooves to alt-rock explosions to dreamy interludes

1 saw her artfully collaborating with multi-instrumentalist Duncan Hay Jennings and reimagining a carefully picked collection of Americana anthems

hypnotic grooves

lifting fiddles and folk-songs

the new albums form a sort of belated farewell to Lekman's formative days as a bedroom Scott Walker

Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers is an important record in The National’s discography with this new remaster showing that it’s more than standing the test of time

featuring 'last day on earth'

Dreams: The Collection includes 11 of their best-known tracks

likening the process of creating and releasing an album

and money borrowed from guitarist Kerry King's father