RaveThe Guardian (UK)1970s and 80s New York are viscerally evoked in this potent memoir of the ‘no wave’ scene ... The memoir fades out slowly – just like the scenes she lived through. Regardless, her vivid, visceral account is essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in alternative music.
RaveThe Guardian (UK)The scenes of intimacy are a particular masterclass, McCurdy linking Waldo’s masochism with the illusion of control in the very uneven power dynamic ... A bleak, often hilarious and uncomfortable triumph that underscores McCurdy’s talent for focusing in on the multilayered nature of trauma and artfully unpicking it, one scab at a time.
