New Music: Charles Latham – “Come Clean”

Charles Latham / via Facebook

Any friend of Elliott Smith is a friend of mine. Charles Latham’s “Come Clean” recalls Smith circa Either/Or — that’s definitely Elliott on the drums, right? — if a bit less haunted. Though the music’s brighter, Latham carries anxiety in his warble, considering a warm world splashed with cold blood. “You picked the perfect words to say those ugly things,” he sings, but Latham’s music is anything but.

Charles Latham – “Come Clean”: mp3

(More Charles, AKA Death Panel, on MySpace)

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