A founding member of Throwing Muses who carved out a quieter, deeply personal solo path.
For a quick sense of her solo voice, 'Your Ghost' is the one. If you want the earlier, band-driven energy, try 'Summer Salt' from the top songs list.
Hersh's music has always felt like a direct line to raw, off-kilter emotion, whether with Throwing Muses or on her own. Her 1994 solo debut 'Hips and Makers' shifted into acoustic territory, and later, 'Your Ghost' from 'Sunny Border Blue' became a spare, haunting signature. She's kept writing from personal experience, touching on mental health in records like 'Wyatt at the Coyote Palace'.
She co-founded Throwing Muses at 15, and the band put out albums like 'The Real Ramona' through the '80s and '90s. Alongside that, she started releasing solo work, moving toward quieter sounds on 'Hips and Makers' and later records. Throwing Muses has reconvened periodically, while she's continued solo albums into the 2010s.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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