Album
Learn To Sing Like A Star
2007 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Learn To Sing Like A Star is an Alt/Indie album by Kristin Hersh, originally released in 2007. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
About
Throughout her long career with Throwing Muses, 50 Ft. Wave and as a solo performer, Kristin Hersh has crafted a catalog that’s equal parts avant-garde and alternative pop. You can’t understand her quickly. She subverts pop conventions with subtle movements, using her stream-of-consciousness to engineer both lyrical and musical lines that translate as journeys into a surreal world with no real beginning, middle or end. <i>Learn to Sing Like A Star</i>, self-produced with engineers Trina Shoemaker and Steve Rizzo, and musically accompanied by Muses drummer David Marcizo and The McCarricks string section, is another punk-instigated burst of psychedelia. True to her conflicting nature, Hersh is too prickly for the sweet sun-dappled haze of her ‘60s influences and too elusive and contemplative for her punk roots. This leaves her in an intriguing musical no-man’s land. Is she the gravelly blues shouter of “Under the Gun?” The slightly caustic yet pastoral songwriter behind “Ice?” These stylistic jumps are accompanied by adventurous sonic touches, her guitars ranging from ruddy acoustics to haunting tremolo-ed electrics with the string orchestration deepening the drama throughout. Enjoyably weird.
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Tracklist
- 1In Shock4:12
- 2Nerve Endings3:35
- 3Day Glo3:56
- 4Christian Hearse0:29
- 5Ice3:16
- 6Under The Gun3:10
- 7Piano 11:43
- 8Sugarbaby3:10
- 9Peggy Lee3:15
- 10Piano 20:47
- 11Vertigo3:59
- 12Winter2:33
- 13Wild Vanilla2:58
- 14The Thin Man4:17
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- jangly
- brooding
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at Stable Sound Studio, Portsmouth, RI, USA. Mixed at East Iris Studio, Nashville, TN, USA except "Winter" & "The Thin Man" which were mixed at Stable Sound. Mastered at Gastwirt Mastering, Oak Park, CA.
Released in a trifold Digipak with shiny black tray in center. No booklet. No track durations on release.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- David NarcizoDRUMS
- Kimberlee McCarrickARRANGED BY , VIOLIN
- Martin McCarrickARRANGED BY , CELLO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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