By New Wave Editorial 
Kristin Hersh has announced a new EP, Downers On Blackstone, and shared one of its songs, “Pass Christian.” Stereogum reported the news. The record follows her solo album Sugar On Blackstone, released earlier this year.
A companion to Sugar On Blackstone
The EP contains five songs that came out of the same sessions as Sugar On Blackstone. Its Bandcamp listing describes it as “a slower, sludgier companion record drawn from the same world of true stories.” The EP is due on 12/4, which the report places next month.
Fans who want to hear the release may need to buy the physical edition. Downers On Blackstone is a vinyl exclusive through Rough Trade, and the source text does not mention any other format.
The new single
“Pass Christian” is the one song from the EP that Hersh has shared so far. Stereogum describes it as fuzzed-out doom-folk “with real teeth” and singles out its harmonies as especially striking. The writer adds that the track raises the question of what Hersh might do if she ever went fully into stoner-metal.
That description fits the slower, heavier tone promised by the EP’s Bandcamp text, and it suggests the record will sit at a darker, weightier end of the material from the album sessions.
Hersh’s wider career
Hersh has recorded for decades, both as a solo artist and as the leader of Throwing Muses and 50 Ft Wave. Stereogum notes that both bands are still active. The outlet credits her with a large body of music it calls astonishing, and it recommends Sugar On Blackstone to anyone who has not yet heard it.
The EP gives listeners another look at the material from that album’s sessions, this time in a slower and heavier form. Its limited availability may matter for those hoping to hear it, since a Rough Trade vinyl exclusive is the only release route mentioned.
What to know
The EP is called Downers On Blackstone and has five songs. It is a Rough Trade vinyl exclusive. “Pass Christian” is available to stream now, and pre-orders are open through the link in Stereogum’s original post.
Source: stereogum.com
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