Pitchfork

New Orleans' duo Belong, whose underrated drone opus October Language we Recommended back in 2006, are returning with new material this year-- two EPs and another full-length on Carpark are said to be in the pipeline. This track comes from one of the EPs, Colorloss Record, a limited-edition vinyl record that contains four covers (more or less) done in Belong's richly textured, minutely detailed style. Some of the tracks are "covers" only in a more distant sense, like, say, Fennesz' version of "Paint It Black", referring to and gazing upon the song in question more than playing it. But here you can hear the ghost of Syd Barrett's song clearly beneath the fuzzed-out din (though Belong say they're actually covering a version by early-1980s psych outfit Cleaners from Venus). As a thick wave of distortion both muscular and delicate sketches out the chords, you can hear a disembodied voice singing the tune, coming like a crackling transmission through a Heathkit Shortwave's circuitry.

MP3:> Belong: "Late Night"
[from Colorloss Record; due 02/19/08 from St. Ives]