Patti Smith "Horses" 2025-04-12 crudely played rock & roll

crudely played rock & roll

" a feral rocker that works off a pop blueprint

The Chicago band’s eighth studio album will arrive on March 24

lyrics and vocal textures combined with Shaun Lopez's production and sound design create a world that will likely transport their cult following to places familiar and new

Patti Smith "Horses" 2025-04-12 crudely played rock & rollIt anticipated the new wave by a year or so: the simple, crudely played rock & roll, featuring Lenny Kaye's rudimentary guitar work, the anarchic spirit of Smith's vocals, and the emotional and imaginative nature of her lyrics all prefigure the coming movement as it evolved on both sides of the Atlantic. Smith is a rock critic's dream, a poet as steeped in '60s garage rock as she is in French Symbolism; Land carries on from The Doors' The End, while