King

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:00:00
Belly: Tanya Donelly (vocals, guitar), Thomas Gorman (guitar, piano), Gail Greenwood (bass, vocals), Christopher Gorman (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas.
At one point, Tanya Donnelly seemed destined to play the role of the endearing little sister of alternative rock. Starting her career in the early '80s with school chum Kristin Hersh's Throwing Muses, she added a supportive guitar to the Muses' frenetic sound. When she left that band in 1990, Donnelly contributed to business pal Kim Deal's then side project, the Breeders' 1990 debut. Two years later she teamed up with Christopher and Tim Gorman to finally form her own band, Belly. Now with the addition of bassist Gail Greenwood, Belly's sophomore release--entitled KING--finds both band and Donnelly taking the front seat.
KING is a working exercise of everything Donnelly learned over the years. Echoes of Hersh's polarities (ethereal verses with ricocheting breaks) and hints of Deal's hankering for looming guitar passages dot KING's landscape. However, KING is Donnelly's show. While she writes songs with other Belly members, it's Donnelly's quirky time signatures and cryptic observations that shine through clearest.
"Red" neatly captures Belly's elegance. Shimmering, graceful chords beckon on a lurching bridge where Donnelly and Greenwood alternately yelp and coo chewy-center lyrics like "mouth like Venus/mountain like Vesuvius." KING brings Donnelly's pop leanings to light, while keeping her alternative rock foundations in focus. Belly is reaching its potential, KING proves it.