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The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs dives into her private archive of unreleased gems with The Misplaced Document, a set of tracks from the late ’90s which might be solely now seeing the sunshine of day. Chatting with Kyle Meredith, Hoffs recounts how this “misplaced” album got here to be, from its serendipitous origins in her storage to collaborating with the likes of the Tuesday Evening Music Membership crew, the identical musical collective that introduced Sheryl Crow’s debut album to life. Hear above or wherever you get your podcasts.
Reflecting on the venture’s sound and period, Hoffs talks about her fascination with the ‘90s zeitgeist, Nirvana’s affect, and the way the storage band really feel led to songs like “Below a Cloud,” later re-recorded by The Bangles. She additionally talks about recording the monitor “Life on the Inside” with half of The Go-Go’s, forming an prompt supergroup: “I nonetheless have stuff that I wrote with them that I haven’t launched but”
Among the many album’s nostalgic gems is a refined nod to Prince, who famously gifted The Bangles their hit “Manic Monday” within the ‘80s. Lately, Hoffs posted a photograph of the unique cassette tape from Prince, which bore not solely “Manic Monday,” but additionally a second monitor named “Jealous Woman.” Whereas The Bangles by no means recorded “Jealous Woman,” Prince did document it with Vainness (of Vainness 6), and a model surfaced posthumously on his Signal o’ the Occasions deluxe field set. Hoffs, who hadn’t heard the track till just lately, expressed real pleasure about lastly getting to listen to the monitor that “may need been” in The Bangles’ catalog.
Hoffs additionally reveals her ongoing ardour for storytelling, each in music and writing. Along with her debut novel The Fowl Has Flown optioned for movie, she’s deep in a second draft and dealing on a follow-up.
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