Stef Chura Messes 7/22/08 The year was 1947

The year was 1947

David Payne

evocative and blatantly in thrall to the kaleidoscopic sounds of Broadcast

In the slow-motion hip-hop soul of "Doves in the Wind

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Stef Chura Messes 7/22/08 The year was 1947Stef Churas debut studio album, Messes, is born of her years of experience playing around the Michigan underground, setting up DIY shows in the area, and moving around the state. Right when it starts to feel like home Its time to go, she sings on its opening cut, Slow Motion, a twisty, dim lit guitar pop song where she curls and stretches every word. There are worlds of emotion in the ways Chura pronounces phrases with twang and grit, alternatingly