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From The Desk Of The Corin Tucker Band: Magic Mouth

The first Corin Tucker Band album, 2010’s 1,000 Years, was dominated by moody, thoughtful songcraft—quite a left-turn coming after Tucker’s last album (to date) with groundbreaking trio Sleater-Kinney, 2005’s furiously distortion-heavy The Woods. But now, 1,000 Years’ follow-up, Kill My Blues (Kill Rock Stars), is another sonic shift. The guitars are louder, the textures more extreme, and Tucker’s lyrics on the album cover an amazing gamut—from clarion calls to teenage memories to more elliptical pieces. At times, the LP brings to mind S-K’s post-September 11 album, 2002’s One Beat, a collection of rock anthems for troubled times. Throughout Kill My Blues, Tucker writes—and the band plays—like something important is truly at stake on every song. The Corin Tucker Band—which also includes drummer Sara Lund, guitarist Seth Lorinczi and bassist Mike Clark (as well as touring bassist Dave Depper)—will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on the group.

Tucker: A few times in my life I’ve had the chance to catch an act before anyone had heard of them, sometimes before they had really mastered the great live show, but with the raw talent still front and center. Mostly that is because of my band Sleater-Kinney. Some of the bands that opened for us: White Stripes, the Gossip, the Black Keys. Props to Janet Weiss; she really knows how to pick them! I actually was playing with Janet and the Portland Cello Project recently, when she introduced me to a singular singer with dizzying talent: Stephfon Bartee-Smith. His voice reminds me of Sam Cooke and Terence Trent D’Arby, but also sounds like we’re only hearing the tip of the iceberg. He only sang one song with that night, an Isley Brothers song, but all of the hair on the back of my neck stood up. Check out his band Magic Mouth; they are opening for the Gossip on tour.

Video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn-GwldoBzc

 

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