| 9. Karen Black Dreaming of You | 10 Things in the Slow and Steady Wins the Race Time Capsule for 2021 |
Despite a nebulous shaped 2021, we continue to countdown and share with you some of the items and ideas we would put in our time capsule for later generations to understand. For us they straddle the very specific space of the timely with the timeless; sometimes sublimely anachronistic, fundamentally classic, and are reflective of a value system we hold true to. Time capsules are important memory tools and reminders that the past and present hold the keys to the future.
“Cass McCombs never chooses the obvious gesture, which makes his music all the more durable and compelling” Jon Young states in his 2019 review of Tip of the Sphere. The same can be said of the projects McCombs grants his time and attention to. The recordings of one-time collaborator and longtime inspirational muse, the actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter, Karen Black, were unveiled this year to share widely with the world.
“Karen Black was boundless. An actor, singer, screenwriter, poet, and unyielding creative spirit, she was a prominent figure in the American New Wave, portraying a host of tender and labyrinthine women on screen. Her ability to submerge herself in each role marked her as a skilled character actor, one that translated into a real and imperfect person, not a polished emblem of Hollywood. In her best-suited and most vulnerable performances, she sang. Amid her meteoric rise, Blarelease/230285-karen-black-dreaming-of-you-1971–76ck also wrote and recorded a host of original songs, many with two of the era’s most prestigious producers, Bones Howe and Elliot Mazer. Co-produced by Cass McCombs and meticulously restored from the original tapes (including six of Howe’s recordings), Karen Black’s Dreaming of You (1971–1976) gathers for the first time the best of her recordings: 15 tracks that are a holistic depiction of her dreamy, introspective and earnest musical identity.” — via Mexican Summer
