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It would be nice to report that it was a happy turn of events that led to
Nina Nastasia
releasing her first album after 12 years away from recording, 2022's
Riderless Horse
. However, given the often dour and intense nature of her work, it's sadly fitting that it took a terrible personal tragedy to bring these songs to life.
Kennan Gudjonsson
had been
Nastasia
's manager, producer, arranger, and accompanist since she first began performing in public. They were also in a long-term romantic relationship that had become more troubling as the years went on, and in January 2020,
told
Gudjonsson
she was leaving him. The next day, he committed suicide. As
struggled with her grief, her guilt, and her memories of what was good and what was hurtful in her relationship, she began writing songs again. With the help of her frequent studio ally
Steve Albini
and
Greg Norman
, a colleague from
Albini
's Electrical Audio Studio, she created
, which even by her standards is a strikingly intimate piece of work. The album was recorded with
's guitar as the only accompaniment for her vocals, and this presentation captures every nuance of her delivery while also giving her nowhere to hide. The raw emotions of "This Is Love" are impossible to miss ("I guess I'll just stay in Hell with you if this is love/ Throw a punch or two and take a few, then rise above"), while "Nature" finds her making excuses for her partner's flaws with little conviction, and "Ask Me" is so filled with genuine love and firmly held dread that it's hard to say which one wins out. Even the relatively sweet "Just Stay in Bed" is the sound of someone trying to shut out the world, and "The Roundabout" is a song of rejection that's so kind it could pass for a love song.
sounds firmly in control at every moment, but she still makes the emotions honest and direct on each track, while her guitar playing adds just the right accents, not complicated but too perfect in its emotional expression to be called simple.
Norman
's production and engineering are beautifully naturalistic, the sound of a musician alone in a room giving a powerful performance for the microphone, with all the details adding to its effect. One might expect something different from
after 12 years in retirement, and
does indeed present her in a new way, though the remarkable talent that was on display in her previous work is still here, as powerful and moving as ever. ~ Mark Deming
Nina Nastasia
releasing her first album after 12 years away from recording, 2022's
Riderless Horse
. However, given the often dour and intense nature of her work, it's sadly fitting that it took a terrible personal tragedy to bring these songs to life.
Kennan Gudjonsson
had been
Nastasia
's manager, producer, arranger, and accompanist since she first began performing in public. They were also in a long-term romantic relationship that had become more troubling as the years went on, and in January 2020,
told
Gudjonsson
she was leaving him. The next day, he committed suicide. As
struggled with her grief, her guilt, and her memories of what was good and what was hurtful in her relationship, she began writing songs again. With the help of her frequent studio ally
Steve Albini
and
Greg Norman
, a colleague from
Albini
's Electrical Audio Studio, she created
, which even by her standards is a strikingly intimate piece of work. The album was recorded with
's guitar as the only accompaniment for her vocals, and this presentation captures every nuance of her delivery while also giving her nowhere to hide. The raw emotions of "This Is Love" are impossible to miss ("I guess I'll just stay in Hell with you if this is love/ Throw a punch or two and take a few, then rise above"), while "Nature" finds her making excuses for her partner's flaws with little conviction, and "Ask Me" is so filled with genuine love and firmly held dread that it's hard to say which one wins out. Even the relatively sweet "Just Stay in Bed" is the sound of someone trying to shut out the world, and "The Roundabout" is a song of rejection that's so kind it could pass for a love song.
sounds firmly in control at every moment, but she still makes the emotions honest and direct on each track, while her guitar playing adds just the right accents, not complicated but too perfect in its emotional expression to be called simple.
Norman
's production and engineering are beautifully naturalistic, the sound of a musician alone in a room giving a powerful performance for the microphone, with all the details adding to its effect. One might expect something different from
after 12 years in retirement, and
does indeed present her in a new way, though the remarkable talent that was on display in her previous work is still here, as powerful and moving as ever. ~ Mark Deming
It would be nice to report that it was a happy turn of events that led to
Nina Nastasia
releasing her first album after 12 years away from recording, 2022's
Riderless Horse
. However, given the often dour and intense nature of her work, it's sadly fitting that it took a terrible personal tragedy to bring these songs to life.
Kennan Gudjonsson
had been
Nastasia
's manager, producer, arranger, and accompanist since she first began performing in public. They were also in a long-term romantic relationship that had become more troubling as the years went on, and in January 2020,
told
Gudjonsson
she was leaving him. The next day, he committed suicide. As
struggled with her grief, her guilt, and her memories of what was good and what was hurtful in her relationship, she began writing songs again. With the help of her frequent studio ally
Steve Albini
and
Greg Norman
, a colleague from
Albini
's Electrical Audio Studio, she created
, which even by her standards is a strikingly intimate piece of work. The album was recorded with
's guitar as the only accompaniment for her vocals, and this presentation captures every nuance of her delivery while also giving her nowhere to hide. The raw emotions of "This Is Love" are impossible to miss ("I guess I'll just stay in Hell with you if this is love/ Throw a punch or two and take a few, then rise above"), while "Nature" finds her making excuses for her partner's flaws with little conviction, and "Ask Me" is so filled with genuine love and firmly held dread that it's hard to say which one wins out. Even the relatively sweet "Just Stay in Bed" is the sound of someone trying to shut out the world, and "The Roundabout" is a song of rejection that's so kind it could pass for a love song.
sounds firmly in control at every moment, but she still makes the emotions honest and direct on each track, while her guitar playing adds just the right accents, not complicated but too perfect in its emotional expression to be called simple.
Norman
's production and engineering are beautifully naturalistic, the sound of a musician alone in a room giving a powerful performance for the microphone, with all the details adding to its effect. One might expect something different from
after 12 years in retirement, and
does indeed present her in a new way, though the remarkable talent that was on display in her previous work is still here, as powerful and moving as ever. ~ Mark Deming
Nina Nastasia
releasing her first album after 12 years away from recording, 2022's
Riderless Horse
. However, given the often dour and intense nature of her work, it's sadly fitting that it took a terrible personal tragedy to bring these songs to life.
Kennan Gudjonsson
had been
Nastasia
's manager, producer, arranger, and accompanist since she first began performing in public. They were also in a long-term romantic relationship that had become more troubling as the years went on, and in January 2020,
told
Gudjonsson
she was leaving him. The next day, he committed suicide. As
struggled with her grief, her guilt, and her memories of what was good and what was hurtful in her relationship, she began writing songs again. With the help of her frequent studio ally
Steve Albini
and
Greg Norman
, a colleague from
Albini
's Electrical Audio Studio, she created
, which even by her standards is a strikingly intimate piece of work. The album was recorded with
's guitar as the only accompaniment for her vocals, and this presentation captures every nuance of her delivery while also giving her nowhere to hide. The raw emotions of "This Is Love" are impossible to miss ("I guess I'll just stay in Hell with you if this is love/ Throw a punch or two and take a few, then rise above"), while "Nature" finds her making excuses for her partner's flaws with little conviction, and "Ask Me" is so filled with genuine love and firmly held dread that it's hard to say which one wins out. Even the relatively sweet "Just Stay in Bed" is the sound of someone trying to shut out the world, and "The Roundabout" is a song of rejection that's so kind it could pass for a love song.
sounds firmly in control at every moment, but she still makes the emotions honest and direct on each track, while her guitar playing adds just the right accents, not complicated but too perfect in its emotional expression to be called simple.
Norman
's production and engineering are beautifully naturalistic, the sound of a musician alone in a room giving a powerful performance for the microphone, with all the details adding to its effect. One might expect something different from
after 12 years in retirement, and
does indeed present her in a new way, though the remarkable talent that was on display in her previous work is still here, as powerful and moving as ever. ~ Mark Deming
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