I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
The music of Seattle\'s Chastity Belt often feels like internal monologue: plainspoken but personal, lived-in but a little mysterious. Their third album explores scenes of romantic miscommunication (“What the Hell”) and self-doubt (“Stuck”) with hazy grace, mixing lyrical directness with fuzzy, often gorgeous washes of guitar. “Out of the fog and finally feeling fine,” Julia Shapiro sings on “Used to Spend.” “My doubts are all gone and I’m having a pretty good time/Feeling like a champ, but for how long?”
Between post-punk and shoegaze live Chastity Belt, whose latest album displays a new kind of aggressiveness and gravity. Their songs relay the psychological slog of trying really hard just to be OK.
Between post-punk and shoegaze live Chastity Belt, whose latest album displays a new kind of aggressiveness and gravity. Their songs relay the psychological slog of trying really hard just to be OK.
Seattle post-punks Chastity Belt take a leap towards the melancholic, stripping back their irony and brashness to get at something a lot more tender.
Seattle post-punks Chastity Belt take a leap towards the melancholic, stripping back their irony and brashness to get at something a lot more tender.
When we last heard from Chastity Belt, the band asked, "Is it cool to care?"
When we last heard from Chastity Belt, the band asked, "Is it cool to care?"
Chastity Belt frontwoman Julia Shapiro knows all too well that identifying problems and addressing them are two very different things. Always
Chastity Belt frontwoman Julia Shapiro knows all too well that identifying problems and addressing them are two very different things. Always
Our review of Chastity Belt's 'I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone' finds a band sure of who they are but unsure of their peers. The LP comes out June 2nd.
Our review of Chastity Belt's 'I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone' finds a band sure of who they are but unsure of their peers. The LP comes out June 2nd.