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KATE SCHROCK HAS DIED FOR YOUR SINS
Pain and passion, poetry and melody, Kate Schrock leaves
no stone unturned in her unabashed confessions of a very human
inner clockwork. Schrock's lyricism burns through the listener
like a moon lit image of a silent frozen sea of corpses that
litter the aftermath of a northern sea tragedy. Having created
quite a stir in her adopted haunt of Chicago via Portland,
Maine where she originated her perceptions and musical ambition
since birth, this candid and youthfully shrewd woman just
recently arrived in Los Angeles as part of her world journey
(New York, Paris) with both her indie CDs well in hand. Full
of independence, spirit and design, Kate Schrock is a vanguard
candidate to Shepard the next cycle of renaissance maidens
through the thickets of pop music. She does her own art,
successfully produces and promotes her own label, and still
finds time to do recording projects with the likes of members
of the Violent Femmes.
Coming from the DIY (do it yourself) indie world her early
press seems to favor the minimalist sound and run on sentences
of her debut CD Refuge to the more lush, focused Shunyata.
If Schrock is to attract a wider more diverse audience, though,
it is Shunyata that is the direction she will inevitably
choose.
Many times indie artists belong ensconced in their niche,
which is no crime, and is in fact appropriate to their expression.
In Kate Schrock's case, based on her compelling voice, her
multi-talented inclination (cover art on all CD's), her girl
next-door good looks and charm, and her ability as a project
musician, her gifts deserve wider exposure. What makes Schrock
most thoroughly fascinating is that her long torturous road
to self-understanding and the pavement of minor chordal progression
has the effect of an absolution to the listener. Kate Schrock
will be appearing at Jed Ojeda's, The Mint Supper Club on
Pico. Los Angelinos will have an opportunity to discover
this oasis of sincerity as she performs her alternative salvation
hymns in the months ahead.
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