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When Barbara Manning`s post-paisley combo 28th Day split circa 1987, few might have predicted her subsequent reinvention as one of indie rock`s most daring, unique songwriters. But, with 1988`s "Lately I Keep Scissors" (here expanded to 42 tracks with assorted outtakes and radio tracks), she perfected a beguiling, pensive, grey-day style, full of pithy musings on identity and personal politics, with a musical canvas of jangly guitars. Hip, addictive songs like the serpentine "Scissors", the turbulent "Straw Man", and the creepy "Someone Wants You Dead" remain masterpieces-in-miniture nearly two decades on. --Luke Torn, Uncut
