Kiss Make Better

Reviewed: 2018-04-19
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: After a series of EPs, this is Carrington’s debut CD, which she says is about the healing and redemptive power of erotic love. What emerges is a collection of songs; some new, some spanning a few years, and a pair of covers, which are atmospheric, brimming with emotion, desire and resistance, and full of compelling sonic space.
If You Like: Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Hope Sandoval
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Kiss Make Better – piano starts> midtempo song on relationships with wild instrumentation> slow fade
2/ Red Kiss, Blue Halo – electric guitar starts> midtempo song about relationships builds in volume & subsides, then soars> fade
**3/ Hot Summer Sun – synth starts> rocking uptempo song about a trip to the beach> crescendo end
*4/ Over Again – guitar starts> uptempo song on getting back up after failure> synth solo> guitar solo> >
uptempo song> fade
5/ Love Chased Me – drums start> midtempo song on love with an off-kilter reggae beat builds in volume> fade
*6/ Why Can’t He be You – synth starts slow> quick swing up to rocking fast tempo song on love> slows to fade
7/ Rising Sun – guitar starts> midtempo song on ending relationship & hope for the future> slow fade
*8/ Come For Me – rocking guitar starts> solid rocking strutting song about love> quick fade
*9/ Like Sonar – synth starts> midtempo love song with soaring vocals over swooping synth washes> fade
10/ I let You Kiss Me – synth starts> midtempo love song over synth washes> slow fade
11/ Didn’t Wanna – drums/synth starts> uptempo song with rocking reggae beat about the end of a relationship> quick stop
*12/ You Are My Own Thing – synth/drums start> midtempo love song over sonic guitar/synth> quick fade
*13/ Blue Moon – drums/piano starts> midtempo ethereal song over organ> vocals soar> slow fade