Amazing when someone you thought you knew decides to be someone else, and is astonishingly good at it. Carol Hodge is a Manchester based singer, teacher, model and radio presenter. She has a disability, a hand deformity but it is no handicap.
This album is frighteningly emotional.
Crystal Grenade, Carol's Creation, has been described as "Shakespeares Sister fighting Amanda Palmer and Tori Amos in a dimly lit Victorian pub.
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And that's a pretty good way of putting it. Miss Crystal Grenade explores the darker side of life, framed by the concept of Freak Show life of the late 1800s.
Possibly the most infamous seven fingered pianist in the UK, Hodge is probably best known as the lady who sang alongside Steve Ignorant (once of Crass) on his Last Supper world tour.
She now sings with in the new acoustic project Slice of Life.
Also she's in Manchester metally punkers Wrecks
She now sings with in the new acoustic project Slice of Life.
Also she's in Manchester metally punkers Wrecks
Touring the world singing the songs of Crass gave Carol the confidence she needed to finally spread her gnarled yet unique solo wings.
Miss Crystal Grenade's debut album Lo! And Behold is due to be released in October 2013 by Gonzo. Produced by Nick Zart (The Modern, Matinee Club, Backdraft, Kactus), the aim of the album was to capture the raw emotion of the vocal performance, in as live a manner as possible. The songs twist tales of regret, malfeasance and death in all its various forms.
Featuring material recorded by Harvey Birrell (Therapy?, Stereolab, Snuff, Stratford Mercenaries, Buzzcocks, Johnny Foreigner), at Southern Studios, Miss Crystal Grenade has the dubious accolade of being the last artist to record at this historic location.
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