sábado, agosto 30, 2014
quinta-feira, agosto 28, 2014
segunda-feira, agosto 25, 2014
20 years of 'Grace'
THE
TIMELESS INFLUENCE OF JEFF BUCKLEY'S MASTERPIECE
Most albums
naturally evoke their own era, from period-specific instrumentation and
production techniques to an inescapable cultural vibe. But the normal rules
never applied to Grace, Jeff Buckley's 1994 masterpiece and lone completed LP.
Released on August 23 of that year, exactly 20 years ago today, and only four
months after Kurt Cobain's suicide marked the end of the grunge era, Grace
sounded like nothing else of its time. It journeyed from mystical hard rock
(the rattling climax of "Mojo Pin") to brooding folk-pop
("Lover, You Should've Come Over") to trance-like psychedelia
("Dream Brother") to ethereal hymns ("Corpus Christi
Carol"), held together by an explosive voice built of pure yearning.
Twenty years on, Grace still sounds a movement unto itself.