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Portastatic - "Be Still Please"

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“Be Still Please” was the 6th release of the most exclusive project of Mac McCaughan, one of the owners of the legendary label Merge, (birthplace of The Arcade Fire, M. Ward, Lambshop, The Clientele and The Magnetic Fields amongst others...), lead singer of Superchunk and significant songwriter of brilliant and captivating indie-rock for Portastatic, who published their best album, a “Be Still Please“ which came with three bonus tracks in the European edition and is an emotional and passionate tour de force. In “Be Still Please”, there are female backing vocals (Laura Cantrell and Annie Hayden) and an overdubbed string section that both provides atmosphere and an extra layer of emotion as well as taking the place of guitars at times. Most noticeably, while the songs themselves are less guitar-based, Mac unleashes his guitar soloing skills on many of the them, sounding like a pint-sized cross between J Mascis and Neil Young, especially on the rousing finish of "You Blanks".