The Roches Are Back (Kind of) With a New, Posthumous Solo Album From a Dearly Departed Sister

"If you don’t know The Roches, you really need to stop what you’re doing and listen to, say, 'Hammond Song.' The Roches were three sisters from what they described as 'deepest New Jersey' who learned to sing harmony in the back of their parents’ car on the New Jersey Turnpike and then grew up to sing songs that were so clear and sure and so not like other songs in the early ’80s in New York City. The first Roches album was born of failure: Maggie and Terre Roche had gone to England to record as a duo. They’d gotten a record deal thanks to one of their mentors, Paul Simon, who they sang backup for on There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. Record companies wanted a certain kind of album from two women in the early ’80s—i.e., something with an equal amount of power chords and frizzed-out hair—and when the Roches did not appear to be delivering, they were called back from England. ..."
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