Last Fall, the Canadian group Women (which features no women at all, mind you) got in to a little bit of a fight onstage and apparently broke up. Or went on an indefinite hiatus. Either way, members of the band were pinning back others from socking themselves anymore and I have been sad ever since.
And then today, I heard this new song, “Bullfight”. Assumptions are that it was from the sessions for Public Strain or before the strained relations, but it might just be their finest song yet. It opens with a drum shuffle that more or less is the same that opens up Can’s “Mushroomhead”. From there, the Krautrock continues on with that drumbeat just roaring on behind chiming guitars all amidst this delicate, peaceful atmosphere. If they are in fact done, and this was their swan song, so be it. Better to go out with a great song as opposed to a fist to a jaw.
Download: “Bullfight” [MP3]
