Music Review: "Lookin' for You" by Gurf Morlix

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| Tue Mar. 5, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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"Lookin' for You"

From Gurf Morlix's Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense

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Liner notes: "You know I like it dark and hot/Torn and twisted, tied in a knot," mutters Gurf Morlix, hitching his weary rasp to eerie organ riffs in this tale of unrequited desire.

Behind the music: Morlix, a producer and guitarist for Lucinda Williams, has also collaborated with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Warren Zevon.

Check it out if you like: Eloquent troubadours like Kathleen Edwards, Richard Thompson, and Steve Earle.

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