NINA NASTASIA -The Blackened Air LP Reggae

NINA NASTASIA -The Blackened Air LP Reggae180g CLEAR VINYL. On The Blackened Air (her second album but first for Touch and Go, originally released in 2002), Nina Nastasia and her band are not content to just support a vocal melody; they pry it apart and look down its throat. The stringed and wind instruments (viola, cello, mandolin, accordion, bowed saw, acoustic and electric guitars) reach up out of the songs into rarefied territory. Little stories of Peeping Toms and the police lights they

while inverting the trope of the “sad dude singer accompanied by a homogenous girl-sound

ARNOLD DREYBLATT a

Featuring Pharoah Sanders And Black Harold remained an exceptionally rare item in the El Saturn discography

While the playful rhythm machine on “The Man Whose Head Expanded” almost suggests danceability

Among all the prevailing efforts to reissue just about anything that moved from the international post-punk home-made cassette and DIY era

these previously unheard songs reveal a singer and songwriter of breathtaking depth and talent

the album blends layered horn arrangements and subtle synth textures

Ostzonen-Punk

But Deaf Chonky mix punk

as the cult musician explains in a statement accompanying the album announcement

showcasing Stewart’s effortless composition and arrangement skills

the more intense the impulse