In the late 1980s, twins Gina and Tina Fear joined childhood friend Lee Stevens to form From Nursery To Misery. The trio seemed to have only existed as a shadowy trail of short-run cassettes until the past few years, being reissued by Dark Entries Records and shot in a documentary short by Matthew Reed. With production, lyrics, and delivery that simultaneously evoke youth and senescence, the trio paint oddly personal and occasionally self-conscious visions of corruption, lust and childhood.
On “The Fatal Bite”, spoken word tempers hollow-boned drum programming and synthesizers, speaking of the impossibility of world peace and animals that are “shot, blasted, infected, irradiated and mutilated”. While the narrative is dire, the vocal is hushed, nonplussed and tinny, reminiscent of Cosey Fanni Tutti’s earlier recordings. A repetitious bassline cements itself into the upbeat and stifled rhythm section with synth melodies verging, somewhat disconcertingly, on exuberant.
Perhaps lucidity is borne only of the wandering mind.
Perhaps flame.
Perhaps dust.
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Psetta is an interdisciplinary artist & musician. Hailing from Portland, Maine, he curates community radio programming, flirting with mundane, innovative & surreal sounds.
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