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Penny Sparkle

Blonde Redhead

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Customer Reviews

Blonde Redhead chill out

Have to admit I wasn't blown away by this on the first few listens, but I kept coming back for more and now it's really won me over. This is a new direction for Blonde Redhead, much more mellow and restrained, especially coming after their last album 23 with it's dense wall of sound. But this is one of those albums that gradually reveals it's subtle layers the more you listen to it.
There may not be much variety in the pace or mood of these songs but I think as a whole this works to the albums advantage.
Some beautiful tracks on here, I particularly like Spain, Oslo, Here Sometimes and the haunting Black Guitar. Great chill out music for the long dark evenings ahead.

Different to previous

So far I really like the album and it is nice that they kept to their style but still did new alterations which developed from album 23.
Cannot wait until I see them live. I am going to a different country just to catch them twice in total.

Great work on the drums and vocals as well as guitar.

Biography

Formed: 1993 in NY

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Blonde Redhead's noisy, dissonant guitars, alternate tunings, and quiet, stilted lyrics have often been compared to early Sonic Youth. After randomly meeting at an Italian restaurant in New York, Japanese art students Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in 1993. The name was taken from a song by the '80s no wave band DNA. With Makino and Amedeo on guitars and vocals, Simone on drums, and Takahashi on bass, the band's chaotic, artistic rock...
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