Paste Says “Put Shiva Burlesque On Your Shopping List”
Paste Magazine recommends the new reissue of Shiva Burlesque‘s Mercury Blues + Skulduggery that is now available on vinyl from Independent Project Records. “The easy path would be to dismiss this simply as a stepping stone for Grant-Lee Phillips to find his path with Grant Lee Buffalo and his still strong solo career, but the crushed velvet beauty of this music deserves a standalone chapter. Were it not for their psych-folk influences, the timbre of these songs would fit nicely in a darkwave playlist — a tone that only becomes stronger within the rough versions of songs that could have been future classics. If you spend time with the catalogs of Pale Saints or Medicine, this reissue should be at the top of your vinyl shopping list.” There’s more here.
