Furslide & Adventure

Furslide's 1998 "Adventure" album was their only release and it's one of my favourite records of all time. It's a tragedy that Furslide never got round to releasing anything else especially since Jennifer Turner never followed up her work and the only music she put out beforehand was as the lead guitarist behind Natalie Merchant.

"Adventure" is a journey that sets Turner's private hell to a blend of rock styles that can be both aggressive and pensive at the same time. It is to Turner's credit that the three singles from this album are completely different from each other: "Over My Head" is a waltzing elegy that sounds like a punchier version of Cocteau Twins; "Love Song" is a psychedelic vortex of dreamy vocals, violins and distorted guitar; "Skinny Girl," possibly the best of the lot, is a Breeders-style semi-dissonant pop-rocker. "Bring you Down" was not used as a single but is my favourite song from the band, the violent hard-rocking and violent song opens with crashing drums and then moves to abrupt guitar chords until the crashing finale with two guitars sounding like 8 and the screeching vocals of Turner capping the song off brilliantly.

I originally bought the album just because I thought it had an interesting cover and I needed one more album to take advantage of a 5 for £20 offer in Harrods, it sat on my shelf for months and never seemed like it was going to get an airing, thank goodness it did.

Furslide - Love Song
Furslide - Bring you Down