Roessler, Kira
Kira
First solo album by the ex-Black Flag bassist as a strictly limited LP on Last Exit Music! When Black-Flag were looking for a successor to their bassist Chuck Dukowski in 1983, they found what they were looking for at DC3, where Kira had joined on bass at the time. They desperately wanted Kira to be a permanent member of the band, but also to push the band's sound forward, fitting their demanding touring schedule around their equally demanding schedule as a business information technology student at UCLA. While studying at UCLA, she worked on seven Black Flag albums between 1983 and 1985 (five studio and two live) and took part in all of their tours during that time. After her time with Black Flag and at UCLA, she founded the band dos with Mike Watt (a member of Minutemen and fIREHOSE, among others), which released three albums over the years. Kira later also had great success in film as a dialogue editor and received two Emmys. Kira describes her songs as dark minimalism. Always known as an indispensable team member, she is the focus of this release herself: she writes, sings and lets the songs rest largely on her idiosyncratic bass style, which seems strangely familiar when isolated from the groups she has been with over the years was associated. The S/T album was released on CD in 2021, and two years later it was finally released on vinyl! The LP itself is quite a treat: it is limited to 100 copies in 180 gram vinyl and each of the covers has been screen printed!