Handwriting (album) explained

Handwriting
Type:	Album
Artist:	Rachel's
Cover:	Rachel's-Handwriting.jpg
Released:	May 23, 1995 (U.S.)
Recorded:	Spring 1991 – October 1994
Genre:	Chamber music, post-rock
Length:	43:50
Label:	Quarterstick^[1]
Next Title:	Music for Egon Schiele
Next Year:	1996

Handwriting is the debut album by the instrumental group Rachel's.^{[2] [3]} It was released in May 1995 on Quarterstick Records.^[4]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Using vibes, winds and traps, 'M. Daguerre' is the closest to jazz the ensemble gets, but the song’s main theme gives way to effective, unsettling improv, as well as delicate passages led by [Rachel] Grimes’ piano and a string section."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Southbound to Marion" – 3:11
2. "M. Daguerre" – 11:28
3. "Saccharin" – 7:04
4. "Frida Kahlo" – 1:53
5. "Seratonin" – 3:34
6. "Full on Night" – 14:32
7. "Handwriting" – 1:48

Personnel

• Richard Barber – contra bass
• Nat Barrett – cello
• Marnie Christensen – violin
• Kevin Coultas – drum kit
• Christian Frederickson – viola
• Mark Greenberg – vibraphone
• Rachel Grimes – piano
• Gregory King – hand drums
• Michael Kurth – double bass
• Eve Miller – cello
• Jeff Mueller – orator
• Jason B. Noble – electric bass, guitars, tapes
• Barry Phipps – upright bass
• Jacob Pine – violin
• John Upchurch – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Bob Weston – double bass, electric bass

Notes and References

1. Web site: Handwriting | Rachel's | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records. touchandgorecords.com.
2. Web site: Rachel's | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Chamber Pop. Holly. Day. City Pages.
4. Touch And Go's Rachel's Return For Sophomore Release. Billboard. January 13, 1996. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
5. Web site: Rachel's . Trouser Press . 26 December 2020.