Artist......: Kristin Hersh
Album.......: The Holy Single
Source......: CD Maxi
Label.......: 4AD
Genre.......: Indie
Tracks......: 4
Bitrate.....: 1026kbps avg
Playtime....: 00:11:56 (92.6MB)
Rls date....: 2021-07-05
Store date..: 1995-12-11
Encoder.....: FLAC 1.3.1
Url.........: http://www.kristinhersh.com/
01 Jesus Christ 2:23
02 Amazing Grace 3:29
03 Sinkhole 3:14
04 Can The Circle Be Unbroken 2:50
Throwing Muses parted ways with Warner Brothers, and this is the first
fruit of their new indie era on their own label, via Ryko. While this X-mas
four-songer has all the elements of Hersh's remarkable solo LP Hips and
Makers, including its perfect blend of Hersh's acoustic and her
recognizable voice, the material is of less importance. Alex Chilton's days
in Big Star surely produced three-dozen songs better than "Jesus Christ"
off the otherwise landmark Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers, and even Johnny
Cash can't make one think "Amazing Grace" isn't a tired old leftover better
left to righteous gospel choirs. The Carter Family's "Will the Circle Be
Unbroken" and a stripped down new look at the Muses' "Sinkhole" are better,
but compared to the spooky, melting chill of "Your Ghost," this seems like
the difference between a Bip Roberts and a Robin Roberts baseball card, as
per the ESPN commercial; not bad, and fun enough, and maybe even preferable
to the same old tired holiday music year after year, but having had a taste
of lasting greatness, this seems like such a poor cousin. Were it not for
Hersh's pleasing voice, and how well it sounds set to an acoustic, this
would be better skipped altogether.