Sky Motel

Spin (8/99, p.158) - 8 out of 10 - "...SKY MOTEL is...thick with electric guitars, dense samples, churning drums, and edgy bits of lounge and electronica. It's all high-wire tension and brilliant release..." Entertainment Weekly (7/23/99, pp.68-9) - "...extraoridnary....Nobody else can navigate so eerily between trancelike pull...and pure blinding intensity..." - Rating: A- Q (8/99, p.106) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...Hersh's ear for melody, heartfelt lyrics and unique voice result in an inriguing collage..." Alternative Press (11/99, p.103) - 3 out of 5 - "...mixing urgent acoustic guitar with moaning keyboards and slithering bass lines, all snapped to attention by Hersh's creepy, low-centered vocal delivery....highlights one artist who simply became one." Magnet (8-9/99, p.76) - "...Besides proving herself to be an accomplished songwriter, Hersh shows her musical chops, as she played all the instruments here..." The Wire (6/99, p.68) - "...SKY MOTEL is...a return to more rock-solid song values....The streamlined but powerful songs...give the record an overall feeling of cohesion." CMJ (7/5/99, p.5) - "...Hersh leaves the acoustic guitar alone, for the most part, and plays with electric textures that hearken back to her days in Throwing Muses. The result is a set of oblique melodies and angular poetics buoyed by noir-ish guitar buzz that frequently plateaus into friendly pop..." Mojo (Publisher) (7/99, p.108) - "...obviously enjoying a new romance with her electric....The Schadenfreude vultures will be disappointed to find her in such good mental health."