Harvey Milk frontman releases debut single
Chunklet Magazine is distributing the debut single by Harvey Milk frontman Creston Spiers. The two songs on the 7-inch, “Yesterday’s Parade” b/w “The Time Has Come” were recorded and released by Athens’ indie label Southern Shelter. This is the second, gold vinyl pressing of the single, which originally appeared in a pressing of 200 copies on clear vinyl.
The repress is limited to only 300 copies and it won’t be sold at retail stores, but it is available from Chunklet.
“Yesterday’s Parade” was written for Spiers’ nebulous band A, which never made a proper release of its music. On the flipside, “The Time Has Come” was written while he was playing drums for fellow Athens band, Producto.
Both songs on the single are a far cry from the crushing and elegant minimalism of Harvey Milk; and both feature Spiers playing an acoustic 12-string guitar, showcasing an entirely different side of his songwriting that is vaguely reminiscent of songwriters, like Simon Joyner, Will Oldham and so on. But Spiers occupies a much more haunted Southern terrain. Get this record.