{"product_id":"kristin-hersh-sugar-on-blackstone-blue-lp","title":"Kristin Hersh - Sugar on Blackstone (Blue Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8CkplR541tE?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition Light Blue Vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Fire Records' limited edition light blue vinyl pressing of Sugar on Blackstone, catalog number FIRELP836. The eleven songs sit on a single LP, six on side A and five on side B, and a download card is included. The label's photographs of this edition show the light blue disc with a printed inner sleeve. Fire also pressed the album on Candyfloss vinyl, on Sugar Marble vinyl as a Rough Trade exclusive of 750 copies with a signed letter, and on CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSugar on Blackstone is Kristin Hersh's twelfth solo album and her first since Clear Pond Road in 2023. It was recorded at Stable Sound Studios in 2026 with two longtime collaborators, Rob Ahlers (50FOOTWAVE) on drums and cellist Pete Harvey (Throwing Muses). Hersh produced the record and plays guitar, bass, drums, percussion and Mellotron on it; Steve Rizzo and Brian Thoms engineered the sessions, and the album was mastered by Steve Rizzo and Brian Pyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFire Records' notes describe an album about life and death, enrichment and poverty, and the moments of childhood that carry into adult life. The title points to Blackstone Boulevard in Providence, Rhode Island, which the label names alongside Hope Street as places that recur through the songs. Of the opening track, Hersh has said of her brother: \"He was a 'Dark Eyed Junco' and I was a light-eyed weirdo. We'd play basketball until after dark then, when we couldn't even see the hoop any more, so that we didn't have to go home.\" \"Sundial\" and \"Moths\" were issued as singles ahead of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHersh formed Throwing Muses in 1981 with Tanya Donelly while both were in high school, and the band became the first American group signed to 4AD, releasing the Chains Changed EP in 1987. Her first solo album, Hips and Makers, followed in 1994 with an appearance from Michael Stipe, and she later formed the power trio 50FOOTWAVE. She is also the author of the memoir Rat Girl (2010) and of Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt (2015), and has recorded for Fire Records since 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Eyed Junco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTicking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilver Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePink Nightgowns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e101 Run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSundial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSnow White Lies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDom in Orange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'72 Stingray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSamson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 809236005748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fire Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.18.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48226589016222,"sku":"809236005748","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/KristinHersh-SugarOnBlackstone-LIGHTBLUE2.jpg?v=1789999366","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/kristin-hersh-sugar-on-blackstone-blue-lp","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}