Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes by Nic BrownMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Full Disclosure: I received an Advanced Reader's Copy of Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes by Nic Brown from Bloomsbury Academic via NetGalley. This book will be published around May 14, 2026.
Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes by Nic Brown is part of the 33 1/3 collection of short books about music. Each book is a deep dive into a single album. This one is about the debut album from the Violent Femmes. Nic Brown is a fan and so am I. For as many time as I have listened to this album, I had a lot to learn. I feel like Nic did too. I didn't know that Gordon Gano was a teenager when he wrote so many of their songs or even when the band started. I never thought about the instruments they played or why they played those specific instruments and how that impacted their sound. As I read each chapter about a song on the album, I couldn't help but hear it in my head. I also couldn't have told you what the cover art was because I too came to the album from mix tapes made by friends. If you asked me when the album came out, I would have been extremely wrong. I went back and listened to the album a few times. Now with a deeper appreciation for every bit of it. What a great album! What a great book!
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