Last night Beck did in L.A. what he loves to do in L.A., hitting the Echo (or, Echoplex) for a “secret show” and work through some rarities — in this case, stuff from the out-any-day-now Modern Guilt. According to LA Weekly (via TDS), it was a “not-quite-packed” affair which featured some reworkings, like a My Bloody Valentine-y (yes, they are everywhere) fuzzed-up take on Sea Change‘s spare and broken ballad “Lost Cause,” as well as the debut of new tunes including “Gamma Ray,” “Replica,” and the title track from Mr. Hansen’s new Danger Mouse-stamped LP. So here, a first listen to “Modern Guilt,” thanks to our L.A.-based YouTube Samaritan:
Not as radical as the psychedelic Caribouisms of “Chemtrails,” but definitely in line with that “overall 1960′s British vibe” early listeners have tagged the LP with. That coda feels like some good Zombies stuff, or maybe even a slowed down take on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Hazy Shade Of Winter” (yep that one that the Bangles covered). I’m sure more from the show will pop up today, so we’ll update the post as we find ‘em.
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i would love to see a video of the new version of lost cause
sounds alright…curious to hear the album version of it. becks lookin a lot like cobain here. here’s a cool “bar” take on scarecrow from the set:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mnopMTO_ZfI&feature=related
the new lost cause version was really great. totally different style.
Definitely has a 60′s vibe to the whole performance but sill manages to sound fresh, so kudos to Beck.
beck used to look cool. now he looks, well, not cool
that guitarist is hotttttttt
Since when is there a lady-folk in Beck’s band? Did he lose someone? Oh noes!
Sounds good. Anyone have video/audio of the new Lost Cause?
The outro has a Turtles, “Happy Together” kind of vibe. Very excited for the record. And like everyone else, I’d love to see/hear that new version of “Lost Cause.”
That’s not the deep sea diver chick is it?
Everytime I see or hear new beck, I think back to futuarama when bender calls beck a “musician who transends genres even as he reinvents them”, and think , how true.
cold war kid, this version of beck looks exactly like the one in the loser video so you’re pretty dumb
for everyone else, enjoy beck’s most fantastic skewed take ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBFBLZodiYI
Actually, that outro sounds like a straight lift from Savior Machine by Bowie on the Man Who Sold The World album. Or one of those songs. I’m old now.
Beck! i thought i had lost you forever! Great way to reel me back in.
yes, that is the deep-sea diver chick. her name is jessica dobson. other new band members are bram inscore and steve mcpherson. only band member from previous tours is brian lebarton.
beck does look like bibbe now!
This new stuff sounds fantastic. I totally expected a soft album, as his pattern typically goes, but I’m glad he’s surprising us yet again.
But dude’s looking like someone dressing up as Beck for Halloween in 1995.