Kristin Hersh - Clear Pond Road

Released: 08/09/23

While there has always been an unflinchingly personal aspect to Kristin Hersh's songwriting, whether with feted college rock favourites Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE, or under her own name, on the stripped back, acoustic-led Clear Pond Road, the candid lyrics and the grain of her stunning voice srike clearer than ever before. For the listener, it's completely arresting, the sparseness eliciting the uncanny feeling of being up close with Hersh as her beautifully rendered stories and confessionals unfold. Musically, Clear Pond Road is a kindred spirit of Cat Power's You Are Free, but it's even more powerful than that stellar work, imbued as it is with decades of experience. One always has the feeling that Hersh has seen more, and knows more, than most, and to be given access to her singular wisdom and the stories of her life is a precious gift indeed.