Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shadow, the upcoming album released through The WORK Group, surpasses the artistic merit of her two EPs on Seattle's Kill Rock Stars label; the pieces are more adult than the "high school bedroom songs' she's sung for so many years. Got No Shadow also features full band backup on most songs, which could either be a detriment or a complement to her usually acoustic style...
...folksy-yet-punky original material that has become a fixture at the subway stations where she plays. After nine years of playing covers of other indie bands in prime commuter locations across Boston, the city's underground songstress is thrilled that she's finally getting the financial backup to explore her creativity in the studio. It feels good to know that others believe in her--and if the crowd's reponse to her short set at the Middle East 10th Anniversary Party is any indication of marketability, Lord may soon be faced with the same small-label royalty status that...
...obliterated any uncertainty she may have had regarding the artistic feasibility of a studio recording of subway songs. She's done her time touring the country, made some friends and foes and brings less venomous alliances with her into the new effort: Stevie Nicks and Shawn Colvin sing backup up some of the tracks...
...presence of many new musicians on the album is a large factor in this change; not only are there several different backup bands, but more notably, there are new vocalists. Before, G. Love recorded exclusively with the Special Sauce--drummer Jeff Clemens and bassist Jimmy Prescott but on this album, the All Fellas Band has a large presence as well. G. Love's collaborations with the latter band, marked by the insipid rapping of vocalists Katman and Smiles, are the least successful performances on the album. Irrelevant lyrics make things worse: the content of songs such as "Lay Down...
Which brings us to another point: sexual innuendoes. After teasing one of her backup vocalists, lang remarked, "I know I'm going to get it after the show." Wink wink. The audience almost went into contortions over that...