Photo by Pavel Mezihorak/KUTX
All this week, the Song of the Day spotlights artists performing at SXSW 2017.
Rachel Staggs and Carlos Jackson spent years in the Polyphonic Spree and the Austin band Experimental Aircraft before teaming up as All In The Golden Afternoon. The Alice In Wonderland-inspired name is a clue to the wondrously dark music the pair make. The ingredients are simple but effective: wide-eyed, nursery rhyme vocals matched to pulsating electronics. “The Fear And The Flame” sounds like a ticking clock, tense and atmospheric as it tumbles down a rabbit hole of its own creation.
“The Fear And The Flame” appears on The Fog Is Filled With Spirits, out now.
–Art Levy // host, Sunday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., producer, My KUTX
All In The Golden Afternoon at SXSW 2017:
Wednesday, Mar 15 – The Iron Bear (official SXSW showcase) – 8 p.m.
