Our friends at Kill Rock Stars are reissuing Elliott Smith‘s Roman Candle and From a Basement on the Hill in April 2010 and they’ve also made a previously unreleased track available for free download!
Cecilia/Amanda was recorded in 1997 and features Smith’s signature melancholic lilting acoustic guitars and wistful vocals. Fuller in sound than many of his earlier works, a piano line in the background adds a more uplifting aspect to the musical side of this song and is actually quite Ben Folds.
Characteristically rather bleak on the lyrical front, Cecilia/Amanda is typical and beautiful Elliott Smith overall. As with From a Basement on the Hill, the music is all the more poignant for being unveiled post-humously.
You can listen and download here.
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