Tara Jane O' Neil - wings, Strings, Meridians: A Blighted Bestiary

96 FULL COLOUR PAGES OF ART, PLUS A 15 SONG CD FROM THE ICONIC TARA JANE O'NEIL, THE BOOK CONTAINS DRAWIGNS AND PAINTINGS TARA HAS MADE, MOSTLY SINCE 2003. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN TJO’SARTWORK BEFORE ON HER ALBUM COVERS, IN BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, OR INGALLERIES—BUT THOSE ONLY HINTED AT THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF HER ARTISTICOUTPUT. HERE AT LAST THEY ALL GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE, THIS BOOK,FILLED TO THE BRIM AND LAYERED DEEP. LIKE TJO’S MUSIC, HER DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS ARE SPARE, LAYERED, AND LUMINOUS. THEY SEEKTO MAP INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND RELATIVITY. THE ALBUM IS A MUSICAL COMPANION TO THE ARTWORK. LIKE THE DRAWINGS, THIS COLLECTION OF LIVE TRACKS, FOUR-TRACK RECORDINGS,AND FILM SCORES REVEALS THE INSIDES OF TJO’S MUSIC: THE FINE-BONED SONG STRUCTURES, THE LOOSE GUITAR LINES DRAWN AROUND THEM,THE TWILIGHT WASH OF HER VOICE. IN THESE SONGS SHE REVEALS SOME OF HER WRITING PROCESS—YOU HEAR THE CLEARED THROAT, THESEARCHING HARMONY, THE BACKGROUND VOICES OF FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS. AMONG THE PIECES STITCHED TOGETHER HERE ARE: MUSICFOR THE FILMMAKERS VANESSA RENWICK AND ILANA SOL; LIVE RECORDINGS FROM SHOWS IN ISTANBUL AND PARIS AND LONG BEACH; NEVERBEFORE-AIRED HOME RECORDINGS; AND A SPOOKY COVER OF LEONARD COHEN’S “HEY THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE.

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