Come

Thalia Zedek, the singer-song-writer-guitarist whose edge-city emotional intensity is
Come's driving force, fronted Live Skull in the late Eighties and before that the innovative
Boston underground bands Uzi and Dangerous Birds. Her songs are personal, sometimes
despairing, often pissed off, invariably gripping. And she brings off the rare feat of "singing
the blues" entirely in her own voice, without noticeably copying the licks or ma... More >

Already a veteran of three bands that meant a great deal to their tiny complement of fans and bubkes to everyone else (Dangerous Birds, Uzi, and Live Skull--how could you forget?), Thalia Zedek is now an established cult heroine. Read her notices and you'll learn that Come is both her song move and her blues move; listen to the music and you'll notice a few flatly projected melodies and some slide guitar. Since her lyrics range from unintelligible to incomprehensible and a groove would be too kind, we're left with a sound--the raw stylization of one woman's alienation. Those who happen to have been captivated by her "dark," "androgynous" live shtick can read into this alienation what they will--most likely some parallel to or complement of their own, which is most likely different. Those who haven't needn't worry their heads about it. (Grade: C+)