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Motherland Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant, formerly the voice behind 10,000 Maniacs, is in great form on her new album’s first track, “This House Is On Fire.” An oriental-flavored, reggae-styled track, “Fire” gives her plenty of opportunity to show off her distinctive, back-of-the-throat voice and its impressive power. If only the rest of the album had as much attitude. The transition from the valkyrie voice of the first track where Merchant sings, “Soon come the day / When this...
...Merchant takes pains to prove that she’s not just someone’s mom, as the stolid drum sample on “Saint Judas” shows. Despite the gimmick, “Judas” is the best update of Merchant’s mellow alterna-country sound. With vocals that prove that the teen-queens don’t have the monopoly on kick-ass voices, “Judas” has a sly swagger, though Merchant eschews sex appeal almost entirely on the album...
Motherland has some other good moments when Merchant ventures into the smoky, downbeat territory of the Cowboy Junkies. But mostly, the album is unremittingly bland, lacking the instrumental highs and energy of her work with the Maniacs, which is only approximated in songs like “Just Can’t Last...
...always [the key to the game] is our defense,” said junior guard Brady Merchant. “[Good defense] has always kept us in the game...
...because Gellert missed all five of his attempts from behind the arc. Junior point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman, the team’s second-best shooter who had a solid game last weekend against Stony Brook, only hit two of his ten long-range shots, while backup guard Brady Merchant missed all seven that he tried...