Run To Ruin

Run to Ruin is Nina Nastasia's third record. It was recorded at Iain Burgess's Black Box studio in France, located in a 300 year old farmhouse in Noyante La Gravoyere, just north of the Loire Valley.

Steve Albini produced this record, as well as her previous two. Players on the record include Jim White of the Dirty Three, and Gerry Leonard, who is currently playing with David Bowie. Her last record, The Blackened Air, received such high praise as "Music that is intricate, dreamlike, and inspired." (Village Voice), and "Nastasia is a rare artist who creates a new form which others will copy,"(Interview Magazine).

John Peel liked her so much she has recorded three Peel sessions. Nastasia appeared at the Shellac curated All Tomorrows Parties alongside our own HDU. A generation-plus of young troubadour's pine for things they never had to lose, as if sadness and depression were inevitable consequences of being alive. Nastasia's music is an antidote to all of that.

Run to Ruin is a darkish record not just in title, but by examining everything without caving in to decadence or solipsism, it's a rejuvenating experience. It's informed, without affect, unique, and succinct. Above all, it's beautiful to hear and a pleasure to have in one's home. Run to Ruin will appeal to fans of Francoise Breut, Catpower and Mazzy Star.