Throwing Muses

乐队Throwing Muses（随想诗神），它们歌曲的旋律及编曲听来非常清爽，乐器特别是吉它的演绎颇为精彩，最值得一说的是女主唱Kristin Hersh（也许有朋友对她是比较熟悉的）的声音，这是一个爆发力非常强的嗓音，而其演唱方法没有丝毫一点矫情的痕迹，我想把它比作一种发自内心的“优美嘶吼”，那是一种并不华丽却持久力无穷无尽的美感。 Throwing Muses由吉他手/主唱Kristin Hersh和她的同母异父姐妹主唱/吉他手Tanya Donelly和一些中学同学组建于1983年。在1986年乐队通过英国出名的唱片公司发行了他们的首张同名专辑，Throwing Muses作为4AD中的首只美国乐队。Throwing Muses的尖锐的，痛苦的，善变的声音很大程度上取决于Hersh的神经质（她遭受这极端的痛苦以至于让她产生幻觉），特别是在早期的专辑像House Tornado。1991年的The Real Ramona在音乐上与以往的专辑区别很大，这张专辑有很多闪光点。两个人在歌曲唱作上的分歧最终导致了乐队的分崩离析，Donelly在1992年离开了乐队并与Belly组队。那一年Hersh和鼓手David Narcizo重新组队命名Muses，并发行了乐队的第四张专辑，Red Heaven。在那之后，Hersh发行了个人独奏专辑并开始广泛的进行巡演，给歌迷留下了对于Muses乐队状态的疑惑。1995年，Hersh已经Muses中仅存的成员（Narcizo和贝斯手Bernard Georges）发行了最具野心的唱片University，带有乐队团结一致共同努力的结果。1996年紧随Limbo之后不久，乐队解散的消息就公布于众，当然，Hersh继续作为一个独奏艺人出现。1998年，作为乐队稀少的收藏专辑In a Doghouse发行了。在2000年的春天，Muses由于一个被称作Gut的庆典活动而再次组合，成员有Hersh, Narcizo, Bernard Georges, 和Robert Rust，Hersh还是继续着他的独奏。2002年，三个星期之后，三人重新组合发行了他们的另一张专辑，Throwing Muses（2003同名专辑），是乐队的巅峰专辑。Donelly作为和声出现在了专辑的一些歌曲中。 Throwing Muses（遗弃的缪斯）是第一支签约4AD的美国乐队，他们也是80年代美国最为成功的College Rock（校园摇滚）团体，因而在他们身上既有那种欧洲大陆的低调和自恋，又有美利坚的张狂与自虐。 而随想诗神 Throwing Muses主唱--Kristin Hersh是4AD旗下的缪斯,一个备受人格分裂症折磨的精灵。我们可以听到那曾经响彻整个1990年代的“非主流摇滚之声”，那种发端于The Velvet Underground、Patti Smith，由R.E.M.、Nirvana、Sonic Youth发扬光大的另类诗意摇滚。 
by Heather Phares
One of the quietly great college bands from the 1980s, Throwing Muses was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Kristin Hersh and her half-sister guitarist/vocalist Tanya Donelly with a few friends from high school. In 1986 the groups debut album was put out by the prestigious British label 4AD; Throwing Muses was the first American band to be released on that label. Throwing Muses angular, anguished, mercurial sound had much to do with Hershs mental illness (she suffered from a form of bipolarity that caused her to hallucinate), especially on early albums like House Tornado. 1991s The Real Ramona marked a break from the heaviness of the previous albums, with lots of shimmery pop gems penned both by Hersh and Donelly, who contributed at least one song per album throughout her stay in the band. Creative tensions between the two songwriters rose until Donelly left in 1992 to play with the Breeders and ultimately form Belly. That year Hersh re-formed the Muses with drummer David Narcizo and released the bands fourth album, Red Heaven. After that, Hersh released a solo album and toured extensively, leaving fans to wonder about the status of the Muses. In 1995, however, Hersh and the rest of the Muses (Narcizo and bassist Bernard Georges) released University, one of the bands most cohesive and accessible efforts. University was followed by Limbo in 1996. The groups dissolution was announced soon after, with Hersh continuing on as a solo artist. In a Doghouse, a collection of rare early Muses material, followed in 1998. In Spring 2000, the Muses reunited for a special event called the Gut Pageant, which featured a set from Hersh, Narcizo, Bernard Georges, and Robert Rust, as well as a solo performance by Hersh, short films by Narcizo, and a picnic lunch hosted by the group. During three weekends in 2002, the trio got together to record another album; released the same day in 2003 as Hershs The Grotto, Throwing Muses (self-titled, just like their debut) was the groups rawest, loudest album. Donelly provided background vocals on some of the songs.