Yo La Tengo - Painful Artist_Borderland

Yo La Tengo - Painful Artist_BorderlandOriginally released in 1993, Painful is the outstanding sixth album from Hoboken, New Jersey trio Yo La Tengo and their debut for Matador Records. Produced by John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab, Bright Eyes), the 11 track effort marked a creative shift in Yo La Tengo's sound and finds the group melding their signature noise sonics with rich ambient musical textures, resulting in increasingly nuanced songs and beautiful dynamics. Spin's Rob Sheffield

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is a 1935 horror movie directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff & Elsa Lanchester

forming the light and dark patters that can be seen on the surface of the pressing

Make no mistake

laid back songs of their career

and ranks as another solid entry in the Wu-Tang legacy

That focus on narrative fed into his own work

Their resulting album would enjoy both chart success and an enduring legacy

this whole bullshit idea of luxury where nothing is real

Interviewed as The Wire magazine’s cover star in 2017

from flitting reversed sounds to churning guitars

adding a splash of Sabbath and a dollop of early Soundgarden or Mudhoney

the driving philosophy being “what if the pressure of having to perform these songs live is removed entirely