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| From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Joanna Newsom - Ys |
| Date | Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:33:29 +0000 |
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I know what you mean about the vocals. It's hard to get into. If you can
ignore the vocal and let it wash over you then you can grow to dislike it
less.
On 14/11/06, Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk>
> > If someone can point out the reason for such critical acclaim on
> > this album, please do enlighten me. I like to think I have a pretty
> > broad taste in music, but this is torture to my ears, not music.
>
> Joanna Newsom's vocals are most emphatically not for everyone, but to
> my ears, they're no more odd than my beloved Clare Grogan (Altered
> Images) or early Juliana Hatfield, to mention two other particularly
> yelpy singers that I really like. Plus, I've always liked the harp,
> so pop songs based on the harp as the primary instrument are a new and
> interesting combo for me. Anyone whose musical comfort zone is based
> solely on how close a band comes to sounding like Badfinger will
> probably hate this record for a variety of reasons, and if anything,
> it's even less accessible than her debut, but I do enjoy it quite a
> bit. Diff'rent strokes, etc.
>
> Plus, it's going to be incredibly useful for future rounds of Six
> Degrees Of Rockpile, because bringing together Steve Albini (who
> produced) and Van Dyke Parks (who did the arrangements) shortens all
> kinds of lines.
>
> S
>
>
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