In this edition of the Casey Stratton Podcast I answer questions about the influence of the seasons on my work and the influence of author
Doris Lessing's work on my own. I then discuss more about the
Whirlwind Medusa period including my first dealings with the Sony Corporation which leads to more discussions about the record industry and masculinity, or lack thereof, in male solo artists. I then play a cassette recording of a song called
Home recorded during the
Whirlwind Medusa sessions that was never burned to CD. Music Recommendation this week is
The Sundays 1992 album
Blind.
Building on the jangly guitar pop of
the Smiths and the trance-like dream pop of bands like
the Cocteau Twins, the Sundays cultivated a dedicated following in indie rock circles, both in their native England and in America, in the early '90s. Although the sales of their first two albums were strong, the band never crossed over into the mainstream, as so many observers and critics predicted they would.
Listen to Podcast #8
Following in the footsteps of Sinéad O'Connor and Tori Amos, Paula Cole is an art-rock singer-songwriter who turns her personal wounds into songs full of facile psychologizing and strained allegory with overwrought, humorless music to match. Harbinger, the debut album from the Massachussetts native, is full of grievances against glamorous romantic rivals, patronizing men, insensitive high school classmates and cross-burning racists--all so broadly drawn that everyone can easily join in the complaint. --Geoffrey Himes
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