Mistle Thrush - Shine Away
Oh man. Back when I was emotional and could fall in love at the drop of a hat and was paralytically shy in front of girls and so overly emo before Lou Barlow came along and gave it a meaning. Actually, Lou was around. I would go to his solo shows, and he wore these awesome pilgrim shoes, and I wore them too, because Lou Barlow did, that’s how emo I was.
Mistle Thrush became great friends of mine as the years went on, but when they started out I was so shy around them I didn’t even know how to talk. Luckily Mike Anderson would do the talking for me. This album, “Silt,” is their best, I think. There are earlier songs I love - like “Beside” and later ones like “Heavyset Jack,” but this is the album I think of when I think of them - this song and “Overpass,” which I really wanted to post as well, but… maybe for another day.
Val, the lead singer, worked at Newbury Comics in Harvard Square and I would buy things from her and she’d say ‘hey great record’ or something like that when I’d be buying a Cranes or Nick Cave record, and it would make my day. I probably saw them 50 times, easily. I wish I could again. GUYS HOW BOUT A REUNION SHOW? They’re all on Facebook. Maybe we could make this happen. Hrmmm….
