Two new Mazzy Star albums will quickly return to vinyl. New bodily editions of guitarist David Roback and singer Hope Sandoval’s 1990 debut She Hangs Brightly and 1996 document Amongst My Swan can be found for pre-order now.
Initially supposed to be the second studio album from Opal, the primary band Roback and Sandoval performed collectively in, She Hangs Brightly arrived in Might 1990 on Tough Commerce Information. It featured tracks like “Ghost Highway,” “Be My Angel,” “Free,” and the Slapp Joyful cowl “Blue Flower,” which reached No. 29 on the Billboard Various chart.
Though it skilled minimal chart success, the document helped set up Mazzy Star’s singular dusty, dreamy alt-rock sound. It was a key precursor to the success of their multi-platinum second album So Tonight That I Would possibly See, which featured “Fade Into You.” In actual fact, the recognition of “Fade Into You” helped catapult She Hangs Brightly single “Halah” to No. 19 on the Billboard Various chart, 4 years after its launch. Earlier than his demise, Kurt Cobain listed She Hangs Brightly amongst his prime fifty of all time.
Launched in 1996, Amongst My Swan is Mazzy Star’s third studio album. It constructed on the well-received So Tonight That I Would possibly See and noticed the group contribute to the soundtracks of two well-received movies. Batman Without end featured the album-outtake “Tell Me Now,” and the Liv Tyler-starring Stealing Magnificence included “Rhymes Of An Hour.”
Amongst My Swan additionally earned the group their highest-charting single ever throughout the pond: “Flowers For December,” written by Sandoval. It reached No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart and remained within the High 100 for 2 weeks—it was accompanied by a music video directed by Kevin Kerslake.
Mazzy Star launched their most up-to-date new LP, Seasons Of Your Day, in 2013. Additionally they shared a reside album, Ghost Freeway, in 2020.
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