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50 Foot Wave
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Out of 24 votes - Similar Artists: Throwing Muses, Breeders, the Pixies
Out of 24 votes
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Indie Rock
Editor's review
With a feral intensity, Kristin Hersh holds nothing back in her latest vehicle 50 Foot Wave. While the band may feature Throwing Muses bassist Bernard Georges, the comparison stops there. This time around they're out to destroy any preconceived notions we may have had by bombarding us with their edgiest material to date.
Biography
50 Foot Wave
In a career full of busy years, 2003 stands out as a very busy one for Kristin Hersh. In March of 2003 Hersh put out not one, but two full-length releases The Grotto, her fifth solo record and an all-new Throwing Muses record for the first time in seven years. Add to that the birth of her fourth son (Bodhi), months of touring, a cross-country move, and the formation of her first new band, 50 Foot Wave, since she began making music with Throwing Muses in the early eighties.
This new band consisting of Kristin, Throwing Muses bassist Bernard Georges, and drummer Rob Ahlers sounds like nothing she s done before, but listening to the two records released in 2003, it s possible to see how she got there.
Throwing Muses was the work of a musician clearly delighted to be reunited with her electric guitar and her band. The angular, furious songs on that record, shot through with rock-goddess guitar work by Kristin was both a return to
