Stef Chura Messes 7/22/08 David Payne

David Payne

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

The year was 1947

together with a bonus John Peel session from 1988

you can hardly do better

Stef Chura Messes 7/22/08 David PayneStef 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