Saturday, October 31, 2020

Nomads Indians Saints, Indigo Girls

Currently doing one album for each year, 1960-2020. Today: 1990. Thirty years down, thirty to go!

Nomads Indians Saints, Indigo Girls, 1990, :47

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

This band is another college discovery.  I absolutely love three or four of their songs, and the rest of their ouevre is basic folk-rock stuff, but when Ray and Saliers harmonize or trade off lines with their contrasting voices, they rise above the pack.  This album doesn't have an exceptional standout, but it's what you might expect from the Indigo Girls.  Actually, "Keeper Of My Heart" sounds so much like their debut's "Blood and Fire" they ought to sue themselves.  Favorite tracks: "Hammer And a Nail," "World Falls," "1 2 3."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...