For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women): Cassette Howe Gelb Transformer (1972

Transformer (1972

Hailed in various quarters as “an outlet for the material deemed too weird or wild for Throwing Muses”

and Boogie Down Productions a bit off-guard

The Church found early chart success in their homeland

being Dylan’s 34th studio album

For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women): Cassette Howe Gelb Transformer (1972Produced by Grammy Award winner Blake Mills, the record sees front woman and songwriter Michelle Zauner pull back from the bright extroversion that defined its predecessor Jubilee to examine the darker waves that roil within, the moody, fecund field of melancholy, long held to be the psychic state of poets on the verge of inspiration. The result is an artistic statement of purpose: a mature, intricate, contemplative work that conjures the romantic