HER LOVE FILLED THE ROOM: The Three Spirits
Her Love Filled the Room represents the current musical activity of Frances, formerly of Aurora Paralysis. A personal project that grew into a band, Aurora Paralysis – like Louisville's Slint – helped define the sound that is nowadays described as “Slowcore.†Andrew Beaujon wrote: “The music she creates has the kind of shimmering beauty and coherence that lesser talents (like pretty much everyone on 4AD) would kill for.†Eight years after saw the emergence of Her Love Filled the Room. The initial release, Love, Hate & Dignity (2001), was well received by the likes of Slugmag (“Salt Lake Under Groundâ€), Splendid E-zine and The Midwest Ursine. The song cycle, occupying a rare space between Tapestry and John Cale's Paris 1919, inspired discerning disc-spinners from Boston to Stanford, from Honolulu to Cadiz, Spain. The follow-up, a CD single called Grady Lives on Planet Grady, marked Frances' bold entry into the burgeoning field of Electronic Americana: it would reach #13 on the University of Michigan's chart.
A veritable Wizard of '02, Frances spent the year working on three quite different recordings. The March tour saw her begin to slip out of the confines of the three minute pop song and, by May, into a completely Other yonder. Thing 1 & Thing 2, a “cassingle†appearing under the project name Sigh Dog Sigh (Frances plus Salmon Patties), carries the football tossed by such august personages as Sun Ra, Albert Ayler and Peter Brotzmann. Having found her sea legs in improvised music, she next recorded The Three Spirits, a suite of autobiographical, rural American noise ragas (imagine Faust and John Fahey serenading a burning photograph over chicory coffee). Her next release, Like a Bug… (“Directions in Free Baroqueâ€), will be available January 25, 2003 (the Chinese New Year).
Track List:
1. Brooklyn
2. See the Horses
3. The Dark Thing
4. October
5. Chains
6. Maya June
7. No Southern Mystery
8. The Third Frog
9. I'm Sorry Ignatius
10. Deane at the River
11. Falling Out of the Century
12. Song to the Siren
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- CLASSICAL: Contemporary
- ROCK: Americana
- TYPE: SOUNDTRACK