THE BIG TAKE-OVER
Review by Jack Rabid – Issue 59
The Spirit Girls
FOREVER FREE (TRAKWERX/END IS HERE)
These five ghostly women are veterans from unusual L.A. bands going back 20 years, such as drummer Debbie Spinelli from Radwaste and Party Boys, and one of the Haden sisters, cellis Tanya. Trakwerx is run by Jackson Del Rey out of Savage Republic and 17 Pygmies. (So the foldout and booklet are top notch.) Forever Free…then, is supreme genre-busting. Haden’s sweet cello contrasts Tani Tull’s dark, Breeders-gone-moody guitars, bolstering Marnie Weber’s phalanz of nine sinister synthesizers and ominous vocals. Not quite goth, this still conjures the post-Bowie/Eno Berlin collaboration ‘80s, when dark-chilly post-punk employed murky, doomy edges against textural beauty, like The Cure, Red Temple Spirits, Strange Times Chameleons, and Shiva Burlesque. This is a tribal ritual and child nightmare about scary hobo clowns, haunted horses and worried bears; music that makes you feel strange. (trakwerx.com)
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