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Kristin Hersh's third solo album Sky Motel finds her picking up the electric guitar again for a collection of mature, mercurial, parallel-dimension pop. The album fuses the restraint of her acoustic work with the lush textures of Throwing Muses' later albums, adding Latin percussion and keyboards for a further update on Hersh's signature sound.
A subtle and layered album, Sky Motel's pop songs create the most immediately arresting moments. The album opener "Echo" pairs a jazzy electric piano with Hersh's sweetly abrasive harmonies, then explodes into a riot of spiky guitars as she snarls lyrics like "I'm loving everybody/ I'm hating everyone I see." "Fog" and "A Cleaner Light" mine similar territory, delivering the kind of angular, bouncy yet slightly menacing guitar pop that made Muses albums like The Real Ramona and University college rock favorites. Though the gentler songs on Sky Motel take more time to reveal their charms, songs like "White Trash Moon," "Costa Rica," "Caffeine," and "Husk," with their undulating guitars and quietly compelling vocals, make the album increasingly rewarding with each listen. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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| She claims being "One of the boys" in her debut album's title, but few artists have played in recent times the naughty female card as successfully as Katy Perry; which has led her to be one of the biggest success stories in 2008. Following up her global smash "I kissed a girl" without leaving the sassy path that has become her trademark; "Hot and cold" begins with some keyboard riffs reminiscent of the trendy electropop currently flooding European clubs; to promptly morphing into something more rocking and upbeat in its chorus. It all makes for a superior pop song that could have proudly stood up among the best of P!nk or Kelly Clarkson's repertoire and is already flying high in the charts all over the world. | |
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