From: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org (goths-digest) To: goths-digest@smoe.org Subject: goths-digest V2 #121 Reply-To: goths@smoe.org Sender: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk goths-digest Wednesday, August 26 1998 Volume 02 : Number 121 Today's Subjects: ----------------- HWQTF review [Happy Fantom ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:07:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Happy Fantom Subject: HWQTF review hi, sorry if this was posterd already...it got 6 out of 6!!!:) RASPUTINA - How We Quit The Forest (CD, Columbia, Obtuse pop) Rasputina is one of the most important and unique combos of the decade. The band's debut CD (Thanks For the Ether) is one of my top favorite listens of all time, so I was eagerly awaiting the follow up. It was worth the wait. In some ways, How We Quit The Forest is more accessible than the previous disc...but in other ways it's even more peculiar. Rasputina is not for everyone. Melora Creager (the main songwriter and vocalist) is coming from a direction unlike anyone else. The band's music combines classical, dub, ambient, industrial, and pop music into a bizarre collage that blends together so seamlessly as a whole that you almost forget how bizarre the mix really is. Not only are the tunes an incredible mindfuck, but the lyrics are (once again) some of the best. There are so few artists who have anything interesting to say, and even fewer who say anything in an interesting way. Melora Creager's lyrics are heady, thought provoking, and mentally intense. Once again, Rasputina present an amazingly challenging collection of tunes that will be greatly admired by a few...and probably misinterpreted and misunderstood by everyone else. Truly spooky music with brains. Top picks: "The New Zero," "Sign of the Zodiac," "Herb Girls of Birkenau," "May Fly," "Diamond Mind," and the title track. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LISTENING. (Rating: 6) toriniss, steve ------------------------------ End of goths-digest V2 #121 ***************************