Patti Smith & Kevin Shields to Release Requiem

Patti Smith invented punk poetry in the seventies. Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) helped pioneer the noise rock scene in the eighties. In early July, these two genre-specific luminaries are set to release a spoken word record entitled The Coral Sea. Recorded at London’s QEH club on June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006, the two-disc venture is a morbid tribute to Smith’s dear friend, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (photographed the cover image on the now-legendary Horses).

According to a Guardian review of the 2005 show, “A kind of screaming requiem, The Coral Sea describes Mapplethorpe’s terminal illness. Intense, layered electronics surged to a discordant climax as Patti Smith read her poem, the words sailing over the noise like an ocean liner.”

Expect haunted lyrics backed by layers of thick distortion.

(via Artist Direct & Idolator)

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