Billie Holiday- Songs For Distingué Lovers LPLabel: Verve Reissued 2023, Originally released 1958 It is undeniable that Billie Holiday's singing changed in her later years. Her voice darkened and shifted to a lower range. Her economy of means distilled her sound to its expressive essence a kind of heightened speech. The classic LP Songs for Distingu Lovers has also deepened and become burnished with time. Maybe it's that still arresting word, "distingu"; maybe it's that iconic, tinted image of

rather than the homespun lo-fi 4-track home recording experiment taking place at the time

High Ball Stepper

of the famed MAYHEM

along with musicians like King Crimson bassist Tony Levin

Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)

EG2: Dowsing Voice features vocal improvisation

The band entered a real studio for the first time ever with Grammy nominated producer Greg Wells (Weezer

Poison Arrows Shot At Heroes

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The Preacher's Tale

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

returns with their latest offering MAKE BELIEVE