50 Foot Wave
50 Foot Wave took form after the release of Throwing Muses' second self-titled album, in 2003. Though the trio did contain two former members of that group -- tireless singer/songwriter/guitarist Kristin Hersh and bassist Bernard Georges -- an effort was made from the beginning to make the separation of the two groups very distinct. Hersh and her bandmates (rounded out by drummer Rob Ahlers) vowed to play around 100 shows a year and release an EP every nine months. The first EP came out in early 2004 and was more direct and hard-hitting than anything Hersh ha...[more]
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50 Foot Wave is comprised of Throwing Muses front woman, Kristin Hersh, joined by Muses' bassist Bernard Georges, and new drummer Rob Ahlers. This is Hersh's first new band since she founded the Throwing Muses, and it's a harder, faster, more intense experience. She cranks up the punky guitar frenzy on this mini-album (they plan to release such mini-albums every nine months or so). And in songs fueled by wounded fury, the music holds on to the tightly wound shifting meters of Throwing Muses, but punches har [ read more ]
CD $5.00
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50 Foot Wave's plan to produce an EP every nine months is sort of thrown out of whack by Golden Ocean. Roughly nine months after the first release, they instead return with a whole album of songs, three of which are reprised from that disc -- so fans probably see this as a new EP with bonus tracks they already have. (New major-label distribution is likely [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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