Jammerzine Exclusive: An Interview & Tour Updates with Kristin Hersh

Some of you may remember our last interview with Kristin Hersh, where we talk about her beginnings as well as her bands Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE, her books and her solo career as well as her then-latest album and book titled ‘Wyatt At The Coyote Palace‘. Today it’s amped up a bit. Kristin is about to embark on a grand tour of the U.K. which includes a stint at Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival on June 21. Today we talk to Kristin about said tour as well as her upcoming album (check out our review of the preview single off of that album titled ‘LAX (Rough Version)‘ which will be released later this year.

Check out the latest tour information below with ticket links!

About Kristin Hersh
Indie rock legend Kristin Hersh, most recognized as the frontperson for the influential art-punk band Throwing Muses and power trio 50FOOTWAVE, will kick off a short visit to the UK this summer with her sold-out performance at Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival on June 21st, followed by a set of solo dates in Glasgow, Newcastle, Halifax, Cambridge, Ramsgate and Brighton.

‘LAX’, a preview track from of her forthcoming album ‘Possible Dust Clouds’, slated for release later this year, can be streamed HERE.

Throwing Muses first gained traction in the early ‘80s, playing with similarly singular artists, such as The Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. They continue to release groundbreaking music, most recently with 2013’s double CD masterpiece ‘Purgatory/Paradise’. Kristin’s solo career spun off in 1994 with the release of ‘Hips and Makers’, a widely acclaimed album that included ‘Your Ghost’, a duet with R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe. Since then, Kristin has released a steady stream of distinctly individual solo albums, including 2010’s ‘Crooked’, released as her first in the inventive book/CD format for which she is now known.

2016’s ‘Wyatt at the Coyote Palace’, on which Kristin played all of the instruments, received rave reviews; an explosive defined by blistering guitars, powerful drumming and her signature visceral vocal technique. Her poignant true stories bring the listener into what the BBC calls Hersh’s “dark and dizzy world”.

In 2004, Kristin formed the noise rock power trio 50FOOTWAVE, releasing a series of frighteningly intense mini-albums, all available for download free of charge. Their most recent ‘Bath White’ EP was described as “a series of loud explosions, of velvet like dreams all intermingled at the same time. Bath White takes no prisoners.” Kristin’s writing career has flourished with the highly acclaimed ‘Paradoxical Undressing’ (released as ‘Rat Girl’ in the USA) and the award-winning ‘Don’t Suck, Don’t Die’, a personal account of her long friendship with the late Vic Chesnutt, as well as the enchanting books which now accompany each of her record releases.

Kristin Hersh’s U.K. tour itinerary is below (with all dates subject to change). Tickets for the newly announced London show can be obtained HERE. Tour and ticket info for all other shows can be found HERE.

LINKS:
http://www.kristinhersh.com
http://www.facebook.com/strangeangels
http://50footwave.cashmusic.org
http://twitter.com/kristinhersh
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTdtvPp4IiPDDZqX-4No5Uw/playlists
http://soundcloud.com/kristinhersh-official
http://kristinhersh.bandcamp.com