The album of the week this time is....

THROWING MUSES- RED HEAVEN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfUPKNmxFk0

Throwing Muses were one of the best and most underrated bands of the 80's, and 90's. Unfortunatley their name appears to have been forgotten. Well, maybe forgotten isn't the right word. They were quite popular among fans of Alternative rock, but mainstream wise I don't hear their name mentioned much. Red Heaven is an interesting album of theirs. Most people would mention The Real Ramona, which is another great one of theirs. What makes this album better to me is how it feels a lot more like a rock album. Some critisize it for being a poorly disguised solo album of the lead singer Kristen Hersh, but to me it is their most consistent work.

They had a band member called Tanya Donelly who co founded the band. She was not part of the band when this was recorded, but not having her around actually makes the album more focused. She contributed a lot of great work to the band before, but once she left she started another fantastic and underrated band called The Breeders. This album mixes the brilliant, and somewhat surreal songwriting of Kristin Hersh with their usual alternative rock sound. I highly recommend checking out this group and all their other albums. People sometimes the 80's a crappy era with nothing but cheesy synth pop, but this group and many others I will surely mention later show that the decade had it's fair share of great bands.