Kristin Hersh
Possible Dust Clouds
Release Date: Oct 5, 2018
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Fire Records
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Album Review: Possible Dust Clouds by Kristin Hersh
Excellent, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 4
Kristin Hersh's career has seen her create a number of classic albums with her bands Throwing Muses and 50ftWave, but for many, it's her solo output that really impresses. Her solo career began in earnest with Hips And Makers back in 1994 (although a version of Throwing Muses' 1992 album Red Heaven included a solo show), and since then she's flourished as a solo artist. Possible Dust Clouds is her 10th solo album, and it finds her changing tack somewhat by involving other musicians more significantly.
Based on rating 8/10
Kristin Hersh's work with Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE guaranteed her an impressive legacy. Yet the sustained quality of her significant solo output has been a remarkable thing to witness and has surpassed expectations placed upon the nineties alt-rock boom alumni. Possible Dust Clouds is Hersh's tenth solo record and it maintains the calibre of songwriting and articulation of 2016's excellent Wyatt at the Coyote Palace.
Based on rating 8/10
Kristin Hersh has so many sounds and words flowing through her that she has three musical projects and a thriving career as an author to try to contain them all. While several of the projects she released before Possible Dust Clouds, such as Throwing Muses' 2013 release Purgatory/Paradise and her own 2016 effort Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, were elaborate double-album and book affairs, she opts for economy on her tenth solo album. Clocking in at 36 minutes, Possible Dust Clouds is one of her most carefully edited releases in some time.
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