Over a period of several minutes, she introduces and expresses what she hears in the drone, gently, smoothly, softly. She lets the drone fill most of the space.
Roger Miller had a very good reason for shirking the oblique cacophony he minted as guitarist and main songwriter for Mission of Burma – it was making him deaf.
Not since C&C Music Factory or Lords of Acid have I been swayed by a beatbox thump, rock-hard guitar, and a sassy female vocalist oozing sexual attitude.
This full-length features hook-filled tunes that could easily fall into the force-fed commercial radio overdose bin that makes a band really successful.
Patti Smith must have been playing “Opposites Day” when she titled this album Gone Again, ’cause she is back. Praise goddess, Patti Smith has come back to us.