Hounds of Love by Leah Kardos
This book charts the emergence of Kate Bush in the early-to-mid-1980s as a courageous experimentalist, a singularly expressive recording artist and a visionary music producer.
Track-by-track commentaries focus on the experience of the album from the listener's point of view, drawing attention to the art and craft of Bush's songwriting, production and sound design. It considers the vast impact and influence that Hounds Of Love has had on music cultures and creative practices through the years, underlining the artist's importance as a barrier-smashing, template-defying, business-smart, record-breaking, never-compromising role model for artists everywhere.
Hounds Of Love invites you to not only listen, but to cross the boundaries of sensory experience into realms of imagination and possibility. Poised and accessible, yet still experimental and complex, with Hounds Of Love Bush mastered the art of her studio-based songcraft, finally achieving full control of her creative process. (From Bloomsbury Publishing)
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Story continues below advertisement Everyone, I believe, is dealing with their sort of madness. And it should be commended for finding a way through and being positive and returning the next day to continue where they left off the day before. I think that's why I'm writing records for regular people who bash through lives, good days, bad days, in different ways, and just bash on regardless. I don't like this aspirational life. I hate social media; everyone's got a better life than I have. I hate that I look at it and I'm like, is my life good enough? And I'm like, your life is great. Stop looking at that BS. AC: I have exactly the same problem. Yet I am completely compelled to go back to social media and doomscroll several times a day. It's not that I feel that my life is terrible. It's just that I think it's almost a desire to make my life worse by seeing exactly what's going on in the world. GR: What feeds into your inner paranoia is not having your act together when it's impossible to have your act together completely, comprehensively, day in, day out. It is an unfair burden that we place on each other. Comparison is a thief of joy. So, I say don't compare. My life is amazing, but all I've got to do is think of Coldplay, and I mess myself up for the whole day because I'll never have their life. Story continues below advertisement I think life is miserable enough without being miserable in it. Life is endlessly magical and endlessly infuriating. It's just a balance, and you find your way through it, I believe. It's really great to write a record that feels somewhat confessional, as to say, hey, this isn't easy, but it's so worth it. It's so worth it. AC: Years ago, you told me that you start writing songs on a bass. Is that still the case? Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy GR: It can be. But with the advent of studios, I can also put some nice atmospheric keyboards. All these songs were different experiments in me and my studio, just seeing what could be interesting and what could be fun and how to entertain myself. The last three records have all been super detuned. I was like, the old Bush is back, but no, it's actually completely different music. And I think that across this record (I Beat Loneliness) there's no wasted space. Story continues below advertisement AC: How was the Canadian tour? GR: Incredible. I had to play Kelowna, Victoria…I have nothing to compare it to. The expanse of the land is just awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, amazing. 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