Rare Tindersticks homage to Duanne Eddy and James Bond. Spaghetti western soundtracking, Kilburn-style.
'The Girl On Death Row' is from the Purr Magazine/Kennel Club #2 10" which also featured tracks by Breed, The God Machine and Strangelove.
It comes in like a bow-legged Bond theme - something which they have previous form in, of course, having covered 'We Have All The Time In The World' though that wasn't the actual theme of the Bond film it was featured in, fact police.
The opening piece of twangy guitar belies its origin as a cover of a Duanne Eddy song. It develops into a spindly, eerie piece of lo-fi noir, almost shambling though not as much as the aforementioned 'We Have All The Time In The World'.
An organ swirls away like a drunken afternoon playing bingo at the Kilburn Tower Ballroom (don't look, it's not there), accompanied by keening strings and a low, rumble of piano. Stuart Staples, of course, croons with resignation, telling of a girl is soon to die - "they take her life... tomorrow".
Though lo-fi, it's decidedly widescreen. Even then Tindersticks were accomplished in creating sounds of a cinematic, soundtrack bent. It winds on into a extended, jammed outro as the credits roll.
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