NINA NASTASIA has left her native home of Touch & Go and
moved to Fat Cat. I so wish I was off to that Touch & Go
festival this weekend. Life is cruel..... Anyway Nina is back with a new
album which on first listen didn't do much for me. I saw her live a few years
ago and I was amazed by how good she was. She is truly a talented lady. Never
wanting to give up on someone good I played the album again and second time it
made so much more sense. Once more it has Albini engineering so the sound
is excellent. Every space is filled and nothing is excessive. In fact sometimes
the sparseness of the music fills the speakers more than the sound. I hope that
made sense. Essentially Nina is a singer songwriter but the songs she
writes are superb and her voice is tremendous. This is as good as any other
album I've heard by her. So many good records this week!
