Brnda - Total Pain - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Of all the volumes in this series, the current one presents arguably the most diverse sample of Villa-Lobos' musical language and techniques.

The hit-makers with the get-up and dance songs are; The Isley Brothers, Ray Charles, Ernie K-Doe, and Wilbert Harrison who sit beside Blues music legends who were changing the direction of the music charts; James Brown, Jimmy Reed, and Little Junior Parker. The R&B InchNew BreedInch of Marv Johnson, Barbara George, Irma Thomas, and Barrett Strong sing harmonious and foot-tapping songs. With a few unexpected artists such as; Henry Mancini, Birdlegs and Pauline, Prince La La, and Benny Spellman you have a rounded, full, and deliciously tempting array of music! The discs are housed in an attractively designed cardboard sleeve, specially designed to be environmentally friendly, and all tracks have been remastered for the best sound your ears can hear! You are listening to music from the past and preserving the future!.

Since first arriving on the Bay Area music scene four years ago, Pllush have amassed a dedicated following with the of a pair of EPs (2015's Pine and 2016's Please) and a split with Father/Daughter tag mates Remember Sports. 2018 sees the quartet their debut full-length album, Stranger to the Pain, comprised of twelve songs recorded and mixed by Grace Coleman at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, CA and mixed by Carl Saff in Chicago, IL. Whereas on earlier releases, singer/guitarist Karli Helm merely teased her vocal abilities, here she fully embraces her natural pop-tinged mastery, sounding far more like a contemporary of Kate Bush and Alicia Keys, pushing the boundaries of the Rock and Roll genre while layering dizzying harmonies over an instrumental track that Built to Spill would kick themselves for not thinking of first. Meanwhile, Eva Treadway provides a perfect foil with an effortlessly cool approach to laying her sometimes light-hearted and frequently heartbreaking lyrics over her more driving style of guitar playing, as indebted to Slanted and Enchanted era Pavement as it is to the best work of The Donnas. Stranger to the Pain is the kind of record that reintroduces a band whose previous catalog stands assuredly on it's own as a new and fresh face- and like a conversation with an old friend, once it's over, you will want to restart.