Tender ForeverThe Soft And The Hardcore
2005
"Sure, I’ve showered with lovers before. I’ve never written about the experience because I think most people would wince to hear details of cute post-coital shampooing and slipping around in the glaring bathroom light. Who could possibly convey the bizarre mix of exhausted emotions that circle round us as the mirror fogs, and giggles and wisecracks and happy silences invade the usual bathroom solitude? Tender Forever (a.k.a. Melanie Valera) has this song about post-coital showering, entitled “Take It Off”, which probably captures the slippery awkwardness of those events better than, say, Jane’s Addiction ("Standing in the Shower Thinking") or the Ventures ("Love Shower") ever could. The rest of her new album, The Soft and the Hardcore, is like reading a spare Livejournal set to that Casio beat(...)
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