Draper, Linda / One Two Three Four
Album: One Two Three Four   Collection:Missing
Artist:Draper, Linda   Added:May 2005
Label:Planting Seeds Records  

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-10-15
Airy vocal, folky vibe. Catchy, pleasant stuff with lyrics of sadness and cynicism -- gotta love that combination. Many songs are based on one guitar figure, repeated endlessly, with vocals atop.

Very light, simple guitar strumming. Voice is a lot like Sarah Harmer, but with less kick. More glossy and conventional than Kimye Dawson, but not pretentious and certainly not overproduced. Nice stuff; try any track.

Tempos mostly upbeat. Subtle FCC on track 9.

1- Light, gentle, mid/fast.
2- Mid/fast easy strum, treated vocals.
3- Quiet, pretty 6/8 song,
4- Midtempo, upbeat (the music, not the lyrics)
5- Mid/fast
6- Lazy happy springtime feel, filtered vocal
7- Country air, mid/fast
8- Adds plucked violin and mandolin(?) for exotic sweeping effect
9- *FCC* during intro (spoken "fuck it"). Subdued feel; weird male chorus wells up late in the song.
10- Slowish, with flute. Playful hippie feel.
11- Slow, catchy
12- Dreamy, peaceful, midtempo

Track Listing
1. Super Zero   7. Parasite
2. Big Blue Sky   8. Seven Black Crows
3. Baby Inchworm   9. Lifeboat
4. The Broken Muzzle   10. The Sleeping Giant
5. Needlessly   11. Candle Opera
6. Jezebel   12. One Two Three Four