![]() Besides the words, the chief difficulty is the songs’ odd shapes. ![]() Her elusive song puzzles, spiked by Throwing Muses’ folk punk, can speak to you long before you understand what she’s on about. In her lyrics she yearns for the remainder of an adolescence cut short and for an adulthood that makes sense of working in a rock band. Sleater Kinney soon dominated the hipster crowd, but Hunkpapa holds up like a jangly oddity that makes sense of many other records.Ī MOTHER AT 19, Kristin Hersh writes songs for Throwing Muses in the shorthand of someone forced to grow up fast. just as they crested into alt-rock prominence. So I went back to where I first tried to make sense of what made her Rhode Island band so compelling, and so fragile. Kristin Hersh tours Europe in September after celebrating a birthday on August 7. Hunkpapa, Throwing Muses (Sire Records, 1989) Audio playback is not supported on your browser.
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