It can be daunting, being in a band that winds up one of the influential acts of its day. If Boston’s Come, one of the most acclaimed groups to emerge from the early-’90s indie scene, had released nothing but debut album Eleven:Eleven, its importance for musicians in that scene would likely have been established anyway. Hard, noirish, frequently violent in its approach to blues patterns and styles slowed to a molasses-drip pace, few bands hit as heavy as Come. And few musicians, in Come or elsewhere, came as hard to the stage and the studio as Thalia Zedek. Now comes Via (Thrill Jockey), a record that finds her striking off in new aesthetic and collaborative territory. Zedek will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on her.
Zedek: For reasons I can’t recall, I will only wear shoes that have buckles on them. In a pinch, zippers will do. This makes finding new shoes quite a project, though sometimes limitations can be freeing they say. Once, my nephew Jacob asked me if I was a witch. I was slightly taken aback and replied, “No, why do you ask?” He responded it was because I wore buckles and only witches wore buckles. Go figure! By the way, I think that Buckle would be an awesome band name.
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