Suicide Squeeze (2024)
This is an odd little release. It's a split 7" with Lync and Pedro The Lion on each side playing the Lync song "b." This version is on blue vinyl and was limited to 300 copies. There's also a purple vinyl version, but I haven't seen that for sale online anywhere, though admittedly, I haven't really looked all that hard as I'm not sure I need another copy of this. Though the Lync collector in my head often disagrees.
The original Lync version of this is from 1994's These Are Not Fall Colors album. It's probably my favorite by Lync, which is saying something considering how much I love pretty much all of their songs. It's the one that grabbed me by the ears in 1994 and never let go, fully establishing that Lync wasn't 'a band with those guys on the Beck album.' Which was, of course, how I stumbled across them in '94. I can't ever say enough good things about this song, this album and this band. Sam Jayne forever.
On the flip is a newly recorded version of this song by Pedro The Lion. I've never really been a fan, their records have always been a little too slow and sleepy for me. Their take on "b" doesn't really do anything to change my opinion. It's a solo acoustic take that is so slow and has such low, deep vocals that I thought I was playing it on the wrong speed. To call it a melancholy take would be doing a disservice to melancholy things as it's just borderline depressing. If this means that more folks get to hear the Lync version of the song, then this 7" is a worthwhile endeavor. But for me, I don't really need a slower, sadder version of one of the great indie rock songs of all time.
Lync / Pedro The Lion - Split 7":
https://lync1994.bandcamp.com/album/b-2
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