A generation-plus of young troubadours pine for things they never had to lose, as if sadness and depression were inevitable consequences of being alive. Nina Nastasia's music is an antidote to all of that. "The Blackened Air" is a darkish record, but by examining everything without caving in to decadence or solipsism, it becomes a rejuvenating experience. It is informed, unique, succinct, and above all, beautiful to hear and a pleasure to have in one's home.

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Nina Nastasia's rare gift of a voice is an intimate, winged presence that is able to either freeze or melt your heart, that can powerfully soar and twist, or brush ultra-gently against you, suddenly summoning goose bumps. Picking over themes of love, longing and loss, childhood, dreams and human dramas, her beautifully concise, hook-laden songwriting and the spare arrangements of her band have a certain gritty, rustic charm and intensity. Simultaneously tough and fragile, her songs crackle and smoulder with   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Nina Nastasia writes engaging and compelling songs and backs them up with lush arrangements that blend seamlessly with her guitar and voice. Cello, viola, bowed bass and accordion create tense textures, masterfully building tension and release. The Dirty Three's Jim White keeps time in his unique style keeping the listener further off balance.

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This is the long sought-after debut record by Nina Nastasia. Definitely her most accessible recording, the self-released initial pressing went out of print almost immediately. In the years since, her two Touch & Go records, "The Blackened Air" and "Run To Ruin" have achieved critical acclaim. "Dogs" has been the missing starting point. "Nina Nastasia's first outing is a captivating, melancholic affair of precision and emotional clamor and stands as a fantastic sibling to her essential sophomore album, The B   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This is the long sought-after debut record by Nina Nastasia. Definitely her most accessible recording, the self-released initial pressing went out of print almost immediately. In the years since, her two Touch & Go records, "The Blackened Air" and "Run To Ruin" have achieved critical acclaim. ?Dogs? has been the missing starting point. "Nina Nastasia's first outing is a captivating, melancholic affair of precision and emotional clamor and stands as a fantastic sibling to her essential sophomor   [ read more ]

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This is the long sought-after debut record by Nina Nastasia. Definitely her most accessible recording, the self-released initial pressing went out of print almost immediately. In the years since, her two Touch & Go records, 'The Blackened Air' and 'Run To Ruin' have achieved critical acclaim. 'Dogs' has been the missing starting point. 'Nina Nastasia's first outing is a captivating, melancholic affair of precision and emotional clamor and stands as a fantastic sibling to her essential sophomore album, The B   [ read more ]

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Nina Nastasia writes engaging and compelling songs and backs them up with lush arrangements that blend seamlessly with her guitar and voice. Cello, viola, bowed bass and accordion create tense textures, masterfully building tension and release. The Dirty Three's Jim White keeps time in his unique style keeping the listener further off balance.

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A generation-plus of young troubadours pine for things they never had to lose, as if sadness and depression were inevitable consequences of being alive. Nina Nastasia's music is an antidote to all of that. 'The Blackened Air' is a darkish record, but by examining everything without caving in to decadence or solipsism, it becomes a rejuvenating experience. It is informed, unique, succinct, and above all, beautiful to hear and a pleasure to have in one's home.

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Nina Nastasia's rare gift of a voice is an intimate, winged presence that is able to either freeze or melt your heart, that can powerfully soar and twist, or brush ultra-gently against you, suddenly summoning goose bumps. Picking over themes of love, longing and loss, childhood, dreams and human dramas, her beautifully concise, hook-laden songwriting and the spare arrangements of her band have a certain gritty, rustic charm and intensity. Simultaneously tough and fragile, her songs crackle and smoulder with   [ read more ]

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