Producer/singer/songwriter Neko Case has won a large and loyal audience for her smoky, sophisticated vocals and the downcast beauty of her music. Produced by neko with help from bjorn yttling peter bjorn & John, ‘Hell On’ is simultaneously the most accessible and most challenging album in a rich and varied career that’s offered plenty of both.
Rife with withering self-critique, beth ditto, kd lang, the 12 tracks of ‘hell on’ — which features collaborations such as Joey Burns, and her unique poetic sensibility, Laura Veirs, Kelly Hogan, muted reflection, Paul Rigby, anthemic affirmation, AC Newman, and more.
Tell Me How You Really Feel
As the world becomes more familiar with Courtney Barnett these songs feel comforting and emphatic yet that raw energy and the ability to make the listener think still remain.
God's Favorite Customer
Girly-Sound To Guyville The 25th Anniversary Box Set
It's also probably the best road-trip album of its generation and the signal of a rare talent's arrival. Her first book will be called Horror Stories which focuses on "heartbreak, motherhood, and everything in between. A landmark of foul-mouthed, compromised intimacy, a workout in female braggadocio, a tortured confessional, and a wellspring of penetrating self-analysis and audacity.
The new yorker "maybe the greatest work of traditional American indie rock that anyone has ever made. Let's do that. Stereogum Shrink-wrapped. Its legendary status has only grown over the years. Numerous essays and think pieces have been written about it and the number of accolades piled on is endless. The box set contains the first ever official release of the legendary Girly-Sound songs, which have been restored from their original three cassettes and mastered onto vinyl.
Part of the Light
7
James barone, who became our live drummer in 2016, played on the entire record. Much love, Beach House Shrink-wrapped. The twisted double edge of glamour, with its perils and perfect moments, was an endless source. Basically, instead of instrumentation, we let our creative moods, dictate the album’s feel.
Whenever we had a group of 3-4 songs that we were excited about, we would go to a “proper” recording studio and finish recording them there, in the process shortening the amount of time between the original idea and the finished song of the album’s 11 songs, 8 were finished at Carriage House in Stamford, CT and 2 at Palmetto Studio in Los Angeles.
Throughout the process of recording 7, our goal was rebirth and rejuvenation. The energy, lyrics and moods of much of this record grew from ruminations on the roles, pressures and conditions that our society places on women, past and present. At its release, we will have been a band for over 13 years. Shrink-wrapped.
Love Is Dead
High As Hope
The Lookout
Shrink-wrapped. Produced by Grammy-nominated Tucker Martine Shrink-wrapped.
Dirty Computer Explicit
Free Yourself Up
Shrink-wrapped. Shrink-wrapped. Shrink-wrapped.