Another Poet With A Gun

Locate S,1 “From the Nun”

Christina Schneider’s songs are smooth on the surface but winding and jagged on a structural level, as though she insists on complicating every pleasure by keeping you slightly off-balance and confused. “From the Nun” is something of a disco/rock number, but it’s a bit too off-kilter to settle into a groove. This isn’t a problem, especially as the emphasis is more on melody and lyrics, and the mood is somewhat dazed and loopy. Schneider sings in a sweet Debbie Harry-like coo but her words are sour and cruel, as she fantasizes about throwing cigarettes at a child and smashing fine china. A lot of Schneider’s lyrics deal with repressed anger, but this is where it’s most obvious, and also the most funny.

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