Quintessential pop album. Good lyrics. Lots of emphasis on piano, some good bass and guitar. Sounds like a mixture of Elliott Smith, Damien Rice and Belle and Sebastian, only in girl form. No FCCs.
Recommended tracks: 4, 7, 8
Track 1: pop, piano, kind of slow, mellow
Track 2: sad tinge, fast-moving, nice bass, abrupt ending
Track 3: starts off with gentle piano, slow, sweet sounding, crooing, very Elliott Smith
Track 4: back to upbeat. Cute; piano solo, Belle & Sebastian "if you're feeling sinister", ends on lyrics.
Track 5: starts out with piano solo, very slow, smooth, sad, drums in about 1/2 way thru. Builds to end
Track 6: starts out with piano and guitar. Sounds a little country, but more cute than country, up beat, electric guitar and harmonic, builds on chorus, fades on last beat.
Track 7: piano and drums. slow on chorus, picks up with piano arpeggios, good piano live, After build, pause. Song picks up again.
Track 8: blues sounding, upbeat, good bass line and layering of harmonies. Switches to 1 beat emphasis and back. good pop song.
Track 9: begins with piano. upbeat, very pop, cute, guitar and bass come in after lyrics. slows to just piano and vocals. Ends on piano and lyrics.
Julia Brown