Add Date: March 2
Artist: Joanna Newsom
Album: Have One On Me
Label: Drag City
Genre: Pop, Folk
Comments: Leading up to its release, much talk about Joanna Newsom's 3rd album, Have One On Me, focused on its spectacular length-- the whole three-album ensemble clocks in at over two hours. It turns out that's a lot of music, so I, like a lot of reviewers of the album, am having a hard time succinctly articulating some commentary on my digestion of it so far. I think that, despite Have One On Me's epic length, Ys is a more EPIC album. How can you get more vast than all that harp and those dense, sweeping swing arrangements? Joanna's totally insane voice? Everything all knotty and delicate? I say that not to fault Have One On Me in any way, but to draw attention to how different its palette is (brass, woodwings, acoustic guitar, banjo, and mandolin). The whole thing is so mature, so womanly, so American, so thoughtful and precise. Add to that Joanna's voice, now somehow all warm like milk and honey, and it's no surprise that the album brought me to tears several times.
Artist: Joanna Newsom
Album: Have One On Me
Label: Drag City
Genre: Pop, Folk
Comments: Leading up to its release, much talk about Joanna Newsom's 3rd album, Have One On Me, focused on its spectacular length-- the whole three-album ensemble clocks in at over two hours. It turns out that's a lot of music, so I, like a lot of reviewers of the album, am having a hard time succinctly articulating some commentary on my digestion of it so far. I think that, despite Have One On Me's epic length, Ys is a more EPIC album. How can you get more vast than all that harp and those dense, sweeping swing arrangements? Joanna's totally insane voice? Everything all knotty and delicate? I say that not to fault Have One On Me in any way, but to draw attention to how different its palette is (brass, woodwings, acoustic guitar, banjo, and mandolin). The whole thing is so mature, so womanly, so American, so thoughtful and precise. Add to that Joanna's voice, now somehow all warm like milk and honey, and it's no surprise that the album brought me to tears several times.
A good entry point for someone less mushy over her is "Good Intentions Paving Company," a fun drivng song. My other favorites are the more "epic" tracks "Easy," "Soft As Chalk" and "On A Good Day."
AAM
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