Learn to Sing Like a Star

Kristin Hersh's albums--mostly acoustic, quiet in volume if not spirit--have always stood in stark contrast to her more frenetic work with Throwing Muses (and even her other side project, the punky 50 Foot Wave), but as of 2007 the lines had blurred. LEARN TO SING LIKE A STAR is a cohesive work that blends masterly songwriting, deft acoustic and electric guitar-picking, and complex arrangements with strings and percussion. It brings the bewildering ferality of the Muses to the more deliberate, composed quality of her solo work, for a listening experience that is intense from start to finish.