Mazzy Star

Coming out of the ashes of great, unsung groups like Opal and Rain Parade, Mazzy Star's debut is a riveting mixture of Hope Sandoval's lost vocals and Dave Roback's darkly psychedelic guitar. Not as dreamy as later records, this has a rougher element that is equal parts crunchy Velvets-style pop and desolate folk blues.

Baby, I wish I was dead," sings Hope Sandoval on "Halah," the opening cut of Mazzy Star's
coldly beautiful album She Hangs Brightly, and in her resignation she sounds almost elated.
It's a line – and a moment – that perfectly embodies Mazzy Star's sinister charm. Mazzy
Star's mastermind, noted California songwriter and producer David Roback, a former
member of the bands Rain Parade, Clay Allison and Opal, has always been adept... More >