50 Foot Wave 'Golden Ocean'
50 Foot Wave
Golden Ocean (4AD 2005)
I've never overly been a fan of Kristin Hersh solo or The Throwing Muses, so maybe what I say here does not reflect what a previous fan might think. Or to the contrary I may be able to hear her current project with an objective viewpoint; free from what others believe she should be doing or what this should have sounded like.
Well I like it...11 fast driving tracks belting out with little respite. And her vocals are a rocking surprise - harsh & raspy, without any of the past often 'dulcet' tones. There is no doubt this project is a midlife re-invention, but I hardly call it a crisis as it shows that age is no barrier for rock out & certainly does not mean one has to mellow & simply settle down. Clearly she has wanted to re-invent herself by way of rocking out & without doubt she has achieved this remarkably well with no let-up & naturally (or so it seems) with some excellent guitar lines from Hirsh herself. And the name of this name band is so aptly titled & quite correctly sums up the music. Further, there is something about this release that harkens back to Husker Du's Zen Arcade; it's hard edged & tough, yet fresh & it sounds quite sincere.http://url2share.com/2t65i
You'll be happy to know that 4AD Records has this album for you, plus previous EP Bug (2004) here.
posted by MoogPower @ Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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10 Comments:
Track List:
Long Painting
Bone China
Pneuma
Clara Bow
Petal
Dog Days
Sally is a Girl
El Dorado
Ginger Park
Diving
Golden Ocean
Kristin Hersh: guitar vocals
Bernard Georges: bass, vocals
Rob Alhers: drums, vocals
I only get the first song. Any ideas?
Huh...that's very weird superdilettante?
Sounds like to me you have a corrupt file, for some reason the d'load stopped before full completion.
I have already deleted the file from my computer, but I beleive in was somewhere in the vicinity of 60mb (give or take a bit). I know it wasn't an overly large file that's for sure. You should check the size of your file.
I hope this helps you some.
Cheers!
what's the password anyway? help pls.
thx
Good job....you may see p/w on top right hand side of the main page.
It is:
MoogPower
As I often say: please note it is case sensitive, so it msut be written as you see it above.
Happy listening!!
MoogPower,
Thanks for your comment. The file was the right size, I believe, but I only got the first song. I did try downloading it three times, all with the same results. Ah well.
Thank you, anyway.
an update:
I tried the file one more time on my work computer (a pc) and it seems to have come through OK. Maybe there's something buggy with my Mac at home.
Well. Thank you for this!
superdilettante
Aaah thank you for the update Superdilettante, I'm not sure if your Mac is buggy, but I often hear of folk having issues with a Mac - usually in regard to opening of file & password recognition.
Glad it worked out for you,
Cheers.
"hard edged & tough, yet fresh and quite sincere"
good quoting. that's why I like her. tnx for sharing this one.
MoogPower could you reup this wonderful album from Hersh ?
It seems all links in your blog have been deleted on the hosts servers :-(
Thanks
Muito Obrigado :-)
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