music talk: lalleshwari's lullabies in a glass wilderness
Perhaps one of my favourite albums of all time, Katie Jane Garside’s solo project is a unique album that showcases her distinct, eerie sound. In December of 2007, not even a year after I had been born, the CD and DVD set of Lullabies in a Glass Wilderness was released, with only 300 copies. Katie Jane Garside, who was 39 at the time, had already been in the music industry for about 18 years at this point. She was the original frontwoman of English rock bands Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena , and was allegedly cited by Courtney Love as one of the ‘original riot grrrls’ when Hole had toured with them. An interviewer once called Garside a ‘proto Alice Glass ’, one half of Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles , and one of my favourite artists. Following Lullabies in a Glass Wilderness, Garside also took part in musical projects with her partner, Chris Whittingham, as Ruby Throat and Liar, Flower . Garside has plenty of other works and projects to her name, with experience ...
