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With the burgeoning riot girrl movement owing a weighty debt to Throwing Muses' femme-punk blueprint, and Brit shoegazing bands like Ride and Slowdive finding inspiration in their more ethereal grooves, by their fifth album University, Kristin Hersh was clearly more than just a student of alternative pop--she was a fully fledged tutor. With former band mate Tanya Donnely hitting paydirt in her new band Belly, and the Muses--that's songwriter Hersh, bassist Bernard Georges, and drummer David Narcizo--entering their 11th year, there was some doubt if Hersh could still make relevant music. University, thankfully, is more than enough to prove the detractors wrong. The gleefully dynamic opening barrage--the hooky "Bright Yellow Gun", keening proto-grunge fuzz workout "Start", and the taut, new-wave confession al "Hazing"--demonstrates that Hersh's finely honed pop edge is in full working order, while the more delicate, folkier likes of "Snakeface" and "Crabtown" pull the Muses muse in breezy, incandescent psychedelic directions. The Muses split after their next album, "Limbo", in 1996. In retrospect, University looks to be their finest work. --Louis Pattison
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If not for the pop apotheosis of 1991's THE REAL RAMONA, UNIVERSITY would be the Throwing Muses' finest moment. The departure of bassist and half-sister Tanya Donnelly and a subsequent lukewarm album (RED HEAVEN) has clearly not dimmed thecapabilities of singer/songwriter Kristen Hersh, whose dark, musical vision, spiraling song structures, and associativelyrics have made the Muses one of the best (and most overlooked) indie rock bands of the '80s and '90s.
Though the schizophrenic metres, skittish energy and chiming guitar sound of early Muses efforts are long gone, the streamlined sonic assault and lush psychedelia of UNIVERSITY is no less compelling. Thudding rockers such as "Bright Yellow Gun" and "Teller" alternate with sprays of weightless lucidity such as "Crabtown" and the title track. Like a veiled dancer, Hersh continually reveals surprises: the undulating shuffle of "Snakeface", the climbing pulse in "Surf Cowboy", the jangle popof "That's All You Wanted". Hersh's anguished sense of beauty is in ample evidence throughout, highlighted by her dense, contrapuntal harmonies, liquid guitar lines, and superior production sense. The combination of meticulous, multi-layered soundscapes and Hersh's outstanding, surreal songcraft make UNIVERSITY essential listening.
Though the schizophrenic metres, skittish energy and chiming guitar sound of early Muses efforts are long gone, the streamlined sonic assault and lush psychedelia of UNIVERSITY is no less compelling. Thudding rockers such as "Bright Yellow Gun" and "Teller" alternate with sprays of weightless lucidity such as "Crabtown" and the title track. Like a veiled dancer, Hersh continually reveals surprises: the undulating shuffle of "Snakeface", the climbing pulse in "Surf Cowboy", the jangle popof "That's All You Wanted". Hersh's anguished sense of beauty is in ample evidence throughout, highlighted by her dense, contrapuntal harmonies, liquid guitar lines, and superior production sense. The combination of meticulous, multi-layered soundscapes and Hersh's outstanding, surreal songcraft make UNIVERSITY essential listening.
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