My favorite record of the year. Listening to her music approximates the feeling of falling inside someone else's head, with all the attendant chaos and impenetrability. Declining to use her music to tell stories or espouse opinions Stern prefers to catalog the myriad of reflections that exist in the hall of mirrors of her mind. That's why her virtuosic guitar playing (and Zach Hill's drumming, better integrated here than on her debut) is not gimmick: it originates from the way she expresses herself creatively. Add all the glimpses, echoes, shards, and shreds together and you get a sense of the person - and no one did it better in 2008.
Friday, December 19, 2008
2008 Favorites: Marnie Stern/This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That.
My favorite record of the year. Listening to her music approximates the feeling of falling inside someone else's head, with all the attendant chaos and impenetrability. Declining to use her music to tell stories or espouse opinions Stern prefers to catalog the myriad of reflections that exist in the hall of mirrors of her mind. That's why her virtuosic guitar playing (and Zach Hill's drumming, better integrated here than on her debut) is not gimmick: it originates from the way she expresses herself creatively. Add all the glimpses, echoes, shards, and shreds together and you get a sense of the person - and no one did it better in 2008.
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