Saw the CD in a local music emporium, thought it looked interesting but didn't know anything about the band. Went to work and streamed it on Spotify while looking up info on the band. On the band's Wiki page, this hit me as interesting
Segarra was raised by her aunt Nereida in the Bronx where she developed an early appreciation for doo-wop and Motown. She is of Puerto Rican descent. Segarra became a regular attendee of hardcore punk shows at ABC No Rio when she was young. She left her home in the Bronx at age 17, spending time crossing North America, hopping freight trains.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 6 May 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
It's the worst band name ever but I feel better about it knowing that they aren't the Glasgow Art School tweeists I'd assumed they were.
The album itself is amazing and feels necessary right now. Title track and Rican Beach especially.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 6 May 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
I wanted to like the new album, but the rocking songs don't have enough power and passion, and the rhythmic ones don't have enough funky bottom.
― curmudgeon, Friday, May 5, 2017 3:37 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this post achieves some kind of bingo
― nomar, Saturday, 6 May 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
I've never listened to these guys before, but I dig the new album. She's got a classic, very expressive, rock singer voice.
― o. nate, Sunday, 7 May 2017 01:01 (six years ago) link
My tentative album of the year.
― o. nate, Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
it's in the running for me
― nomar, Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
i'm hearing living for the city all over the place these days.
need to spend a bit more time with the record but her voice is incredible
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Saturday, 17 June 2017 03:47 (six years ago) link
*living in the city, not living for the city obv
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Saturday, 17 June 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
The final song, particularly when it switches to Spanish, is devastating.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 17 June 2017 10:46 (six years ago) link
finally revisiting Small Town Heroes and it's crazy good.
― nomar, Sunday, 22 October 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
yeah, solid album
― niels, Sunday, 22 October 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ifbafrm9k
― gman59, Friday, 21 April 2023 21:53 (eleven months ago) link
The Colossus of Roads/Snake Plant/Alibi triple-single is the country(ish) sound we Minneapolishers(tonians?) need on a weird 50-degree-F day. Excited for her live show next month!
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 04:04 (two months ago) link
Really high on the new album. "Hawkmoon" and "Snake Plant" are vibrant, driving songs that feel like new heights for her. Fans of Waxahatchee will like how she blends 90s alternative and country rock sounds into something her own.
― Indexed, Sunday, 10 March 2024 15:30 (one month ago) link
Have been listening to this nonstop since you recommended it in the Country thread, Indexed.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 21 March 2024 01:50 (three weeks ago) link
"Colossus of Roads" is my standout, but the album hits on everything - production atmosphere, lyrics, music, vocals. Really, really nice.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 29 March 2024 02:59 (two weeks ago) link