As an instrumental frenzy on "Catalunya", the "That Girl" track gets a reverse shock treatment in Charbel Haber’s cover version. As if under tranquillizers, this "This girl" evolves in slow motion, haggard, groggy, the tottering sound of a guitar trying vainly to remind us that there was a day when grunge existed.
Charbel Haber (Beyrouth, Lebanon)
Born in and resident of Beirut, Charbel Haber is co-founder of the post-punk group Scrambled Eggs (four albums since 2002). He is also the initiator of the "Those Kids Must Choke" label and is actively involved in the Lebanese improvised music scene whether within the framework of the international festival of experimental music (Irtijal), or as a member of MILL (Free Improvised Music in the Lebanon) or within various music groups: BAO, XEFM, Moukhtabar Ensemble, Grendizer Trio, etc. He has composed theme music for film and soundtracks for video directors, notably writing the music for two full-length productions "A Perfect Day " (2004) and "I Want to See" (2008), by Lebanese directors Khalil Joreige and Joanna Hadji Thomas.