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Chrysta Bell
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Wed Nov 4
8 pm,
Chrysta Bell at Mohawk Patio
That Chrysta Bell’s forthcoming Strange Darling is executive produced by David Lynch makes perfect sense: The striking, otherworldly chanteuse (and former 8 1/2 Souvenirs frontwoman) has always seemed as though she stepped out of one of Lynch’s hypnagogic hallucinations, like Eraserhead’s “Lady In The Radiator” in platform heels, or a Parisian answer to Mulholland Drive’s Rebekah Del Rio. And of course, Bell made her own Lynchian debut in Inland Empire, soundtracking the film’s emotional climax with her haunting “Polish Poem,” a song she co-wrote with Lynch. Her first solo release floats in that same hazy realm between transcendence and unease, a collection of standard and obscure covers given a spellbinding redefinition that—like Lynch’s films—makes them feel both alien and oddly sensual.
Mohawk Patio 912 Red River St, Austin, TX
That Chrysta Bell’s forthcoming Strange Darling is executive produced by David Lynch makes perfect sense: The striking, otherworldly chanteuse (and former 8 1/2 Souvenirs frontwoman) has always seemed as though she stepped out of one of Lynch’s hypnagogic hallucinations, like Eraserhead’s “Lady In The Radiator” in platform heels, or a Parisian answer to Mulholland Drive’s Rebekah Del Rio. And of course, Bell made her own Lynchian debut in Inland Empire, soundtracking the film’s emotional climax with her haunting “Polish Poem,” a song she co-wrote with Lynch. Her first solo release floats in that same hazy realm between transcendence and unease, a collection of standard and obscure covers given a spellbinding redefinition that—like Lynch’s films—makes them feel both alien and oddly sensual.
Updated 10/26/2009
