Sky Motel (1999)

About this title: Kristin Hersh's third solo album Sky Motel finds her picking up the electric guitar again for a collection of mature, mercurial, parallel-dimension pop. The album fuses the restraint of her acoustic work with the lush textures of Throwing Muses' later albums, adding Latin percussion and keyboards for a further update on Hersh's signature sound. A subtle and layered album, Sky Motel's pop songs create the most immediately arresting moments. The album opener "Echo" pairs a jazzy electric piano with Hersh's sweetly abrasive harmonies, then explodes into a riot of spiky guitars as she snarls ... read more

Tracks:

1. Echo [Hersh]
2. White Trash Moon [Hersh]
3. Fog [Hersh]
4. Costa Rica [Hersh]
5. A Cleaner Light [Hersh]
6. San Francisco [Hersh]
7. Cathedral Heat [Hersh]
8. Husk [Hersh]
9. Caffeine [Hersh]
10. Spring [Hersh]
11. Clay Feet [Hersh]
12. Faith [Hersh]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.