Purgatory/Paradise: Throuwing Muses - Rilegato

Hersh, Kristin; Narcizo, David

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ISBN 10: 006231002X ISBN 13: 9780062310026

Casa editrice: It Books, 2013

Riassunto

Indie rock band the Throwing Muses present their first album in over a decade as a deluxe 64-page book that contains the full studio album across 2 CDs, photographs and artwork by Dave Narcizo and Kristin Hersh, lyrics, stories, essays and instructions to download exclusive content. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

Purgatory/Paradise is a . . . gorgeous, interactive art book . . . Hersh’s lyrics and stories would make it a compelling read even without the music. (Boing Boing)

Purgatory/Paradise was devised both as a record and as a book, with essays by Hersh and art by Narcizo. It’s both a gorgeous standalone object . . . and a sort of decoder for the album’s tracks . . . (Pitchfork)

Nothing short of epic . . . wrenching, alarming, disturbing, and occasionally seasoned with bits of dark humor . . . . a stunning psychological ride. Like the most powerful of drugs. . . it’s the stuff addictions are made of. (American Songwriter, four stars)

Awesome. (Flavorwire)

Triumphant . . . fresh and expansive . . . What is clear is that this record, and book, which call into question what records and books and can and should do, how they can and should interact, still delivers in a basic, thrilling way. (Popmatters)

Art, essays and outstanding new music collide on a surreal Throwing Muses epic . . . a soul-stirring collection [of] musical mini-masterpieces accompanied by lyrical prose vignettes exuding the same nimble friskiness and wry, subversive brilliance that characterized Hersh’s fantastic 2010 memoir. (Magnet, nine out of ten stars)

Both brutal and magical . . . written with unimaginable warmth and such goofball humor, a perfectly imperfect encapsulation of what makes Hersh’s work so fortifying even as it devastates. (Popdose)

Praise for Kristin Hersh: “It’s almost impossible to imagine the visceral bleats of singers like Corin Tucker or Marissa Paternoster without Kristin Hersh.” (Pitchfork)

“Hersh is a fearless rock innovator.” (New York Times)

“One of America’s finest songwriters.” (Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84)

L'autore:

The Throwing Muses were formed in Rhode Island in 1981 by Kristin Hersh at the age of 14. They are considered one of the most influential alternative rock bands of the modern era and Hersh one of the great singer-songwriters of the 80s and 90s.

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• Editore: It Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 006231002X
• ISBN 13: 9780062310026
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 64