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Originally Posted by R_burke /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Hey Davey
Thanks for the Nina Nastasia lead. I have all of the rest of the recommendations, but wasn't familar with Nina. I'm sampling The Blackened Air off of Amazon right now and I've added her to my list of CDs to buy.
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Glad to help. Here's some more from past posts ...
The debut was just on the tiny Socialist Records label and went out of print almost as soon as it was released, back in 2000. So became kind of a mystery ater she became more well known with the release of the excellent "The Blackened Air". But Touch and Go reissued it a couple years ago, and I just picked up a used copy about a year ago, and it is a bit less eclectic, and not as folky as the second, nor as quietly introspective as the third, but still very loveable. In some ways I think it's her best. A bit more jazzy at times. The acoustics are really nice in all of them, and lots of room for the natural dynamics. She's a big favorite of Steve Albini, so he does a great job recording, especially the cello and acoustic basses. Love the musical saw too. Nice touch. And Albini works with Steve Rooke to master them at Abbey Road, just like the very nice Electrelane records he does that I also love.
I had a dream about a dog
I was walking
In an amusement park
With people all around me
We rode the roller coaster rides
And he was laughing as we
Jumped in the sky
And I saw that I looked just like him
It's a dog's life
I wanna lead a dog's life
Run in the woods, dig a hole
Just him and me
The CD last year was good stuff too, another beautiful recording by Albini. Really knows how to treat her right. Some great musicians and nice tunes, don't know if she's thrown together a better set yet. Lots of piano and cello and acoustic guitar on this one. And Jim White on drums. Quality package, even down to the well-considered, quality paper lyric book with die cut rounded corners. Turned into a real grower, but they all do.
Here's a couple tidbits to start your journey, the first from her
Run to Ruin, and the second from what I mentioned as my favorite,
The Blackened Air. Her debut Dogs is also very nice, again with beautiful sound. The new one is on 180gm vinyl too.
Superstar - 3.8 MB
This Is What It Is - 2.9 MB
Dumb I am and a weak one too
A simpleton my wool worn loose
Once all the filthy flies I free
And there they go nothing I can do
Dumb I am and a long day dream
A simpleton with a memory
A home prepared and a feast as well
But all will spoil with the lies I tell
And you can listen to much of the last one at her new label, though not the song quoted above. I'd say listen to "One Old Woman", but that's not there either ...
http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=197