erot vs kings of convenience - gold for the price of silver (mp3)

okay, so hands up who's got the odd record kicking around at home that they've had for a while but have just not gotten around to giving a proper listen? hands up who's got more than the odd one? hands up who's got stuff that's still sealed?

well today's piece of sagely advice from my good self is to dig out all of these neglected acquisitions, stick them on from start to finish and keep your ears switched on because there might just be your new favourite song hidden amongst those compilation fillers, album tracks and b-sides. and because you already own it, it's like getting new music for free!

this is exactly what happened to me earlier this week when, rather than just flitting between the lovely fourtet remixes and the single version of failure, i let 'versus', the kings of convenience odds and sods album, just run whilst i went about my morning regime. i've been listening to track four all week since then.

according to the sleeve notes this was originally just an instrumental track by erot, a friend of erlend and eirik, that the boys just knocked-up some words and a melody for and then the three of them re-recorded it (you know, as you do). this is obviously a precursor to erlend's working with royksopp and also 'unrest', his rather spiffy album of collaborations. it's also easily as good as the fruits of either of those projects. it's just such a simple loop with a lovely bass-line and some equally lovely guitar licks, and of course there are those unmistakeable dulcet harmonies: enough to make even the manliest of men swoon.

over a mug of green tea a rather tipsy mr scholes proclaimed this to be a lost balearic classic: high praise indeed and even in the cold light of sobriety i don't think he's far wrong.

whilst i'm at it, here's where the best foot forward crew's best dance moves come from.