kacy & clayton, “how to fight lonliness”
from: ep
“How to fight loneliness
Smile all the time
Shine you teeth til meaningless
Sharpen them with lies
And whatevers going down
Will follow you around
Thats how you fight loneliness
You laugh at every joke
Drag your blanket blindly
Fill your heart with smoke
And the first thing that you want
Will be the last thing you ever need
Thats how you fight it
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
”
Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum are second cousins from Northwestern Saskatchewan who were the “next big folk thang” a few years back. They have not taken their foot off the gas petal continuing to deliver some compelling work. Here we find their cover of the Wilco classic “How to Fight Lonliness.” Clayton’s guitar solos even approach the heart wrenching sonorosity of a Richard Thompson. If you investigate them more deeply, find acknowledgments of 60’s Bleeker St. artists like Richard & Mimi Farina and Ian & Sylvia. A beautiful retooling of the folk catalogue.
Their most recent lp cover “Plastic Bouquet” w/ Marlon Williams