Painted Shield - Self Titled new vinyl and the Top R&B/Hip Hop

and the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart (it was a number-one album on the latter in 1996 on the year-end chart)

its fearless songs and freewheeling approach recasting string-based American music in his own inimitable image

Laura Silverman

Limited Light Blue Vinyl and poster

Painted Shield - Self Titled new vinyl and the Top R&B/Hip HopSometimes an album by a new band gets everything right. Such is the case with Painted Shield and their eponymous debut release. Rather than sounding like a tentative identikit of musical styles, it's a brilliantly conceived, bold and cohesive portrait of it's creators chiefly Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, singer songwriter Mason Jennings and drumming star Matt Chamberlain and a clear eyed statement of purpose. Driven by pulse racing electronic