kristin hersh
kristin hersh is one of my absolute favorite songwriters ever. evidently from all circumstances, at the very least every other album she puts out is one of my favorites of the year of which i will listen much much much. the only other of my trad favorite artists who are as consistent in quality are sonic youth, i wish i could still say the same about frank black's solo work, but dog in the sand was his last great record.
anyway, my favorites by her are the first throwing muses record, though i still haven't absorbed it enough, but the songs vicki's box, rabbits dying, delicate cutters, and that god awfully gorgeous bloody scream of the lyrics on hate my way where the song just goes totally psychotic, that's some fucking shit.
house tornado is just such a rad record, it's probably the first one that i really got sucked into, mainly by the melodies, what's that song at the end of the first side, fuck i can't remember, but the guitar rhythm, gaa-dum-dum gaa-dum-dum, definitely my favorite way to play guitar, cuz i suck and it's easy, and it's so repertitively krautrock or some shit. oh yeah, run letter, thanks allmusic guide. seriously, i have like pretty much all of the throwing muses albums on vinyl, cassette, and cd, i'm that gay.
the real ramona is the shit, tho, fucking my favorite song is hook in her head, tho say goodbye is also a masterpiece of melody and a perfect chord progression of color. i'm really not drunk enough to be writing at all coherently, or with any inspiration. tragic really.
bright yellow gun was the song that got me into the muses, and i waited for months for columbia house to stock that fucking album, cuz they didn't have no fucking muses at the god damn wherehouse in lompoc. actually i first heard her stuff when she was on 120 minutes promoting her first solo record. i didn't really dig the single with michael stipe, but she did this live solo acoustic performance, and i was blown away by sundrops. my favorite song from that solo record is houdini blues.
limbo is another one i listened to all the time back when i was a freshmeater in college.
sky motel is probably my favorite of her solo records, maybe mainly cuz it doesn't sound so damn acoustic and is more electric, plus the production is so alive sounding. that song about eating pussy is some hot shit, and the way acoustic guitars sound, all rhythmic and bright and shit, was something i much tried to emulate at the time.
the songwriting on the throwing muses reunion record is also one of my favorites, and i listened to album hella lots for months on headphones while working some dumb ass data entry job.
50 foot wave is just the total shit, really it's all in the drummer, the new ep kinda sux cuz the guitar and drums aren't loud enough, but golden ocean and the first ep blast hella proper in my shitty corolla.
wish i could write better.
anyway, my favorites by her are the first throwing muses record, though i still haven't absorbed it enough, but the songs vicki's box, rabbits dying, delicate cutters, and that god awfully gorgeous bloody scream of the lyrics on hate my way where the song just goes totally psychotic, that's some fucking shit.
house tornado is just such a rad record, it's probably the first one that i really got sucked into, mainly by the melodies, what's that song at the end of the first side, fuck i can't remember, but the guitar rhythm, gaa-dum-dum gaa-dum-dum, definitely my favorite way to play guitar, cuz i suck and it's easy, and it's so repertitively krautrock or some shit. oh yeah, run letter, thanks allmusic guide. seriously, i have like pretty much all of the throwing muses albums on vinyl, cassette, and cd, i'm that gay.
the real ramona is the shit, tho, fucking my favorite song is hook in her head, tho say goodbye is also a masterpiece of melody and a perfect chord progression of color. i'm really not drunk enough to be writing at all coherently, or with any inspiration. tragic really.
bright yellow gun was the song that got me into the muses, and i waited for months for columbia house to stock that fucking album, cuz they didn't have no fucking muses at the god damn wherehouse in lompoc. actually i first heard her stuff when she was on 120 minutes promoting her first solo record. i didn't really dig the single with michael stipe, but she did this live solo acoustic performance, and i was blown away by sundrops. my favorite song from that solo record is houdini blues.
limbo is another one i listened to all the time back when i was a freshmeater in college.
sky motel is probably my favorite of her solo records, maybe mainly cuz it doesn't sound so damn acoustic and is more electric, plus the production is so alive sounding. that song about eating pussy is some hot shit, and the way acoustic guitars sound, all rhythmic and bright and shit, was something i much tried to emulate at the time.
the songwriting on the throwing muses reunion record is also one of my favorites, and i listened to album hella lots for months on headphones while working some dumb ass data entry job.
50 foot wave is just the total shit, really it's all in the drummer, the new ep kinda sux cuz the guitar and drums aren't loud enough, but golden ocean and the first ep blast hella proper in my shitty corolla.
wish i could write better.
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