The Blue Lady – Tex Kerschen on 10″ blue vinyl
via Freaks Label
[7 songs on vinyl + 4 bonus tracks on cd]
“… empty and monotone, without the party rhythms or allure of partner Erika Thrasher’s voice… at best this record comes across like a wheezy ramble across Kerschen’s mind at night, not a trek I ever intended to make…” Stephen Ramos, The Rock Folder
“These songs are mostly atmosphere, without much else going on. Some listeners may find room to insert their own emotional stories, what is actually here is up for debate. This record is short. I wouldn’ t call The Blue Lady a breath of fresh air, but it is definitely a different kind of air. If you put this record on at a party, it wouldn’t be much of a party.” Alyssa Downes, Houston Lifestyle
“The promo that came with this beautifully packaged 10″ (I hope this bring backs the 10″ format) name-dropped Keith Hudson and the Gun Club, but I’d say Bowiesque…” Gary DuPree, Austin Post
“Casual Flexer,” the first Studded Left lp since “Popular Intuition,” continues the innovative band’s development of Free Glam, wedding electronics, guitar, and pure poetry..
The “Casual Flexer” LP, available September 17, 2024 in digital and physical formats, combines singles from the Casual Flexer EP, the Stewart Beach EP, with new studio recordings.
“Street dancing music inspired by a tableau vivant of sexual turmoil and gold spray paint. Like Roxy Music working the night shift at the spawn shop, out of cash, bartering with the children of Marc Almond’s Montrose peccadilloes.” Jon Lindsey, author of “Body High.”
“Stewart Beach reminds me of wet sand on a windshield, a seedy summer sortie, a beach covered with dead hammerhead pups, each with a dream in its mouth. I just want to play it again and again.” Gross Gerald, Houston Post.
“… a kind of musical crossroads where the gloriously dark moments of rock n’roll’s past hang side by side with clunky rave synths and a droned-out attitude.” Paul Hanford, Dazed and Confused
”Very disappointing. There was no lifeguard on duty and no flags to let swimmers know the conditions. The bathrooms were not maintained, either. The parking lot was full of muddy water. We paid $15, and we do not feel like we got our monies worth.” Mary V. Tripadvisor, March 27, 2021
STUDDED LEFT & STUDDED 2 = Tex Kerschen + Erika Thrasher & Frenz
“Tex Kerschen’s offerings strongly uphold the distorted gutter glamor that the band has come to be known for. The man once said, “I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t have dirty hands,” and his songs on the record exude a purple haze that is specific to Houston, a sentiment and mode of creation of which the late DJ Screw would approve. In the same breath that Kerschen’s songs are as slow and disorienting as the best screwed H-Town rap, there is also a pinch of Flexi-Pop appreciation.” Jordan Redmond, Tiny Mix Tapes
Did a lot of other music, too.
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