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Rating: I saw the Mazzy Star of Dave Roback and the sad siren Hope Sandoval back in 2004: she was shy and literally hid behind the microphone, managing it given her slenderness, he remained in the shadows with his eyes perpetually covered by his fringe and with his guitar.
Violet lights flooded the stage and the audience; a violin, a drum, a bass, and a cello completed the sweet arsenal of these soldiers of melancholy.
The beauty of this sound is unique, produced by the mind of Dave Roback and turned into a sorrowful word by the misty voice of Sandoval, a modern Nico and chanteuse of broken loves and solitary contemplations, always remaining graceful and sweet.
The duo plays a dreamy Folk with velvetian ascendances, with a splendid echo that soothes every piece, as if the recordings were held in an abandoned gallery or in the hall of a hotel closed for the season.
Everything in Mazzy Star reflects the condition of reflecting on the events of life, sitting down and thinking about past things but without anger; a thought sweet and subtle like the shadow of a ghost that has left earthly affections and bears no grudge in seeing loved ones accompanied by other men or women. The sound of the delicate and poignant femininity of the world.
The pieces are one more intense than the other, strong with Roback's bluesier approach and Sandoval's gentle breath, sometimes some distortions break the calm surface of the lake, but they are only moments before plunging back into the dreamlike dimension of voice and stories.
Folk therefore, but also blues echoes or true timeless ballads like "All Your Sisters": truly an ideal soundtrack for a Jane Eyre or the sorrowful poems of Sylvia Plath.
For me, one of the best bands of the nineties: evocative, strong, and simple; alien to every market rule of the time, full of other genres than this, therefore a band to be rediscovered and loved.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Disappear (04:04)
just because
you call my name
I cannot hear
it's not the same
(can't close my/you close your) eyes
and knock me back
all the things that I had to (have/live)
(and now you)...just...(fallen...)
I can't believe what I had to say
all the things you never say
I'll never be what you want me to be
now I can't disappear
close your eyes and look at me
I can't believe what I cannot see
everything is like you say
change your mind and you'll have to forgive
and I can't disappear
now I can't
now I can't
02 Flowers in December (04:57)
Before I let you down again
I just want to see you in your eyes
I would have taken everything out on you
I only thought you could understand
They say every man goes blind in his heart
And they say everybody steals somebody's heart away
And I've got nothing more to say about it
Nothing more than you would me
Send me your flowers of your december
Send me your dreams of your candy wine
I got just one thing I can't give you
Just one more thing of mine
They say every man goes blind in his heart
They say everybody steals somebody's heart away
And I've been wondering why you let me down
And I been taking it all for granted
03 Rhymes of an Hour (04:12)
cannot hear what you're saying
could I tell you so
and I can't leave my troubles
and I'm going home
(lie and) sleep
under deep
you know
while the cold winter waitin'
while you (stumble home)
all these things we were searchin'
now we just don't know
(lie and) sleep
under deep
I think you know
for the rhymes of an hour
now I'm goin' home
and I can't believe I'm nothin'
cause I'm coming DOWN
(lie and) sleep
under deep
do you know
06 Still Cold (04:48)
You really had a million hearts to break
All those times I never left you in the moonlight
How come there's always someone else driving your car
Taking you different places, in the sunlight
Still cold like the stars
That's just the way you are
Still cold like the stars
You used to say your heart felt like a stone
Now everything you ever wanted is your own
Still cold like the stars
That's just the way you are
Still cold like the stars
07 All Your Sisters (05:16)
and I knew, I was close to you and I knew catch me flying, in the sun catch me drinking, of your wine I'm gonna put something in you make the devil feel surprised all your sisters wanna fly around my golden sky around my golden sky just because you feel, hollow inside--it's real just because you feel, hollow inside--it's real I'm gonna put something in you make the devil feel surprised make the devil feel surprised and I knew I was close to you and I (knew) catch me flying in the sun catch me drinking, of your wine
09 Roseblood (04:51)
everyday you can see
changes in her hair and smile
I can wait a million days
while her smile goes away
sometimes I feel deceived
by the slices in her hand
secrets in her lipstick mouth
shining on again
shining on again
capture a smile and then that's all
you won't know her so it's ok
funny how things change
funny how things change
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