Pitchfork

When Sun City Girls drummer Charles Gocher died last February, remaining Girls Alan and Richard Bishop retired the band's name-- a thoughtful, clubhouse-style gesture, but a difficult one to uphold when you've got a back catalog to promote. I'm not suggesting that "The Brothers Unconnected"-- the Bishops recording and performing Sun City Girls tracks as an acoustic-guitar duet-- is in any way gauche. It is, though, a little strange that they feel the need to accentuate the commemorative aspect of the tour: Self-styled nomads like the Bishops can't just put up their feet after 25 years of wayfaring, and there's no reason to expect them to. Anyway, Richard's solo performances often include SCG classics. Most of the time, they sound great. To close the door on a catalog as deep and weird as the Sun City Girls' wouldn't suggest respect-- it'd suggest retreat. Good thing the Bishops seem to know the difference.