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Many independent musicians had no choicebutto keep moving, with their incomes riding on a new project.
(Shes also been working on new Against Me!
music, but couldnt bring the band together to record during the pandemic.)
The title Old Friend recalls the full-throttle elegy Dead Friend on the bands masterwork,Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
- Her gift is addressing it all with a punk-minded simplicity.
Stay alive, just dont die!
What else is there to say?
Grace recordedStay Aliveacross just four days in Chicago with star producer Steve Albini, formerly of Big Black.
Theyre simple, largely acoustic tracks, recorded in analog in just a few takes music for musics sake.
have a go at make it more of a document than a production.
She can sing with more force than some full bands, andStay Alivefeatures her best vocal performance in years.
That final note sounds like everything she had left in her.
These songs feel alive.
