My Estrogeneration

My Estrogeneration (Not Not Fun) LP


Picked up this comp. mainly for the exclusive Pocahaunted track but was pleasantly surprised at how consistently good the entire record is.

Previous releases from three participants on side A, Zola Jesus, Inca Ore and U.S. Girls, left me feeling ambivalent. But here; the tribal mechanics that dominate Zola Jesus' track pummel the drang out of the dramatic voicings that typified her first couple of singles. Inca Ore, in the context of a single song amongst the work of others, sounds much more on course than expected.

The Pocahaunted song is an outtake from the Gold Miners Daughter sessions (recorded back when both Amanda and Bethany were fronting the band). The newly released song uses harp as accompaniment even more effectively than on 'Sun'; the one track on the Gold Miners cassette that featured harp and violin . Might the title 'Hand of Alice" be a nod to Alice Coltrane? hope so!

The B-side is equally solid; with standout tracks coming from the chilly bittersweetness of Isaja (aka visual artist Merja Kokkeneon from Finland) and Valet, whose drawn out subterranean chants are likely to induce shudders.

The tremors that echo throughout the ten songs on this collection hold it together in a way that makes the hormonal theme of the title seem, well, irrelevant.

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