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The Slits — Peel Sessions

October 15, 2010 · by Robin James · in the slits

Does anyone else hear Sonic Youth avant la lettre in this Slits performance of “Love and Romance”? Listen to the timbre, the general noisiness of the guitars, the pitchiness and otherwise generally unmasterful vocals, etc.

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