Supremely weird Athens singer/songwriter Green Gerry recently assembled a live band called The Jellyfish. He also sent over new demo called “Celery Salt (Spider Man Quit Fucking with Me),” which had about 20 seconds of unintended silence at the beginning (since removed) and some serious microphone clipping. Aside from that, it’s probably the loveliest missive I’ve received from him thus far — a cryptic prose-poem in seven stanzas, adorned equally by fingerplucked guitar, barely there sound washes and the squeak of his left hand sliding up and down the frets. Gerry’s refined a half-singing, half-speaking style that will appeal to people who like listening to Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” on repeat; but his voice has timbre and lumosity all its own, and it’s as magnetic on the senses as a UFO in the sky. Lyrics below, as per the artist’s request.
Green Gerry, “Celery Salt (Spider Man Quit Fucking With Me)”
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Words: Emilie Friedlander
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