Lordi, Michelle / Break Up With the Sound
Album: Break Up With the Sound   Collection:Country
Artist:Lordi, Michelle   Added:Jan 2020
Label:Cabinet of Wonders Productions  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2020-02-05 Pull Date: 2020-05-20 Charts: Country/Bluegrass
Week Ending: Mar 15 Mar 8 Mar 1 Feb 23 Feb 16 Feb 9
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 08, 2021: Traditions (rebroadcast from Nov 5, 2021)
Poor Bird
4. Sep 07, 2021: Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 20, 2020)
Wayward Wind
2. Nov 05, 2021: Traditions
Poor Bird
5. Oct 03, 2020: Hanging in the bone yard
Wayward Wind
3. Nov 04, 2021: Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 6, 2020)
I'm so Lonesome, Lover Man
6. Mar 10, 2020: That's Not Bluegrass
No Expectations

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-01-29
Reviewed: 2020—01-29
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
Review: Vocalist Lordi’s latest disc is genre-defying, leaning on traditional country beefed up with electronics and elements of jazz. Lordi’s voice & her band paint an ethereal dreamscape on a mix of originals & covers. Donny McCaslin sits in on sax on a few tracks.
If You Like: Cowboy Junkies, Jane Monheit, Jesse Sykes, Bill Frisell, Jakob Bro
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Poor Bird (7:14) – bass starts> scat singing morphs into uptempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> sax solo to fade
*2/ Wayward Wind (5:11) – guitar starts like a pedal steel> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
3/ Double-Crossed (6:17) – guitar starts slow & quiet> slow song> sax solo> midtempo song> sax solo soars to uptempo & fades
4/ True Love (5:10) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
**5/ Before (6:06) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo soars> midtempo song> guitar solo to fade
*6/ No Expectations (5;12) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> guitars solo soars then fades
***7/ Lover Man (8:05) – bass starts, sax kicks in> midtempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> sax solo to fade
8/ Red House Serenata (2:02) – guitar starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade
*9/ Red House Blues (2:09) – guitar starts> slow song> sonic guitar duets with sax> slow song> slow fade
*10/ I’m So Lonesome (4:27) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo soars> slow song> slow fade

Track Listing
1. Poor Bird   6. No Expectations
2. Wayward Wind   7. Lover Man
3. Double-Crossed   8. Red House Serenata
4. True Love   9. Red House Blues
5. Before   10. I'm so Lonesome