Name: The Blackened Air
Brand: Nina Nastasia

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TG231LPC1

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Clear

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Tax rate GB

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0036172093137

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Clear LP

Artist

Nina Nastasia

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

Touch and Go

Touch And Go Records was started in Lansing, Michigan, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson in 1981 as an outgrowth of Touch And Go Zine, a fanzine the duo published. Their intent was to document their local hardcore punk scene.

Necros bassist Corey Rusk hooked up with Tesco to help run the label soon after it started and assumed full control after Vee moved to Washington, DC, in 1983. In 1987, Rusk moved the label to Chicago, Illinois, where the label still resides.

Over the years, Touch And Go has issued records by influential bands like *The Jesus Lizard*, *Slint*, *Shellac*, and *Big Black*. However, in 2008, Rusk announced that the label would be cutting back on its activity and ending its distribution services due to the economic climate of the times.

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Nina Nastasia is an American folk singer-songwriter born on May 13, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. With her captivating voice and heartfelt lyrics, she has become a prominent figure in the music industry. Her unique blend of folk and indie rock influences creates a mesmerizing sound that resonates with listeners. Nina's songs delve into themes of love, loss, and personal experiences, drawing inspiration from her own life journey. Her soulful performances have garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base worldwide.

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On The Blackened Air (her second album but first for Touch and Go, originally released in 2002), Nina Nastasia and her band are not content to just support a vocal melody; they pry it apart and look down its throat. The stringed and wind instruments (viola, cello, mandolin, accordion, bowed saw, acoustic and electric guitars) reach up out of the songs into rarefied territory. Little stories of Peeping Toms and the police lights they bring with them, grave- yards and impolite family, epigrams against disaster, depression, simple forgetfulness, all delivered so effortlessly that the precision of the delivery registers long after its substance has left its mark. When she sings “I’m not hiding anything / I’m not trying to fool you at all,” in a song titled “That’s All There Is,” it is all the truth.

A generation-plus of young troubadours pine for things they never has to lose, as if sadness and depression were inevitable consequences of being alive. Nina Nastasia’s music is an antidote to all of that. The Blackened Air is a darkish record not just in title, but by examining everything without caving in to decadence or solipsism, it is a rejuvenating experience. It is informed, without affect, unique, and succinct. Above all, it is beautiful to hear and a pleasure to have in one’s home.

The Blackened Air

Music GB

Discover The Blackened Air by Nina Nastasia on vinyl. A dark and beautiful album from Touch and Go Records.