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The Grotto
~ Kristin Hersh (Artist)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
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Product details
  • Audio CD (17 Mar 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: 4ad
  • ASIN: B00007KN39
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,166 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The release of The Grotto once again gives credence to the legend that genius and madness go hand in hand. For Boston's Kristin Hersh the legend is simple reality, as her songs and lyrics are driven by a bipolar disorder that sees her veer between extremes of manic ecstasy and mind-numbing despair controlled by constant medication.

The simultaneous release of this fifth solo album and a new self-titled set by her reformed cult college-rock heroes Throwing Muses only serves to illuminate the very different sides of her unique talent. While the Muses still offer a restless but infectious alt-pop, The Grotto highlights the dark, stark and folky side of Hersh's muse. Acoustic guitar mingles with doomy cello on downbeat but graphic conversations with various troubled souls (many residing in her own head), and the overall effect resembles the more pastoral and insular moments of REM (Hersh worked with Michael Stipe on 1994 solo debut Hips and Makers). Nevertheless, the most memorable tunes seem to have been given to the Muses this time around, and The Grotto's bleak ambience and uniformity of sound makes it her most disappointing solo outing to date. Diehard fans, though, will continue to invest time in Hersh's unwavering integrity and intensity. --Garry Mulholland

Description
Throwing Muses frontwoman releases her sixth solo album. Slow-moving and introspective, this is Hersh at her most intimate, her acoustic guitar fleshed out with sparse arrangements for piano and violin provided by Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) and Andrew Bird (Bowl Of Fire) respectively. Released to coincide with the reformed Muses' latest eponymously titled effort.