Vera Sola / Peacemaker
| Album: | Peacemaker | Collection: | A-File | |
| Artist: | Vera Sola | Added: | Oct 2024 | |
| Label: | City Slang | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2024-11-18 | Pull Date: | 2025-02-17 |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 8 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 06, 2024: | KZSU Time Traveler
Bad Idea |
4. | Nov 25, 2024: | Virtually Happy
Bird House |
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| 2. | Dec 05, 2024: | Oh Messy Life
Bad Idea |
5. | Nov 23, 2024: | Music Casserole
Instrument of War, Get Wise |
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| 3. | Nov 29, 2024: | KZSU Time Traveler
Bad Idea |
6. | Nov 22, 2024: | KZSU Time Traveler
The Line |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2024-11-04
Reviewed 2024-11-04
ALTERNATIVE; INDIE FOLK; FEMALE SINGER-SONGWRITER
Vera Sola (real name is Danielle Aykroyd) is a multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter, singer, and producer. This is her second full-length album (following a 2018 debut). Her voice is a smoky, muscular alto. (I thought of Lana Del Rey; you may agree or not.) The songs here are odd, atmospheric, sometimes gothic. Instrumentation is (variously) acoustic or electric guitars, steel guitar, bass, drums. synth, and occasional strings.
FCC in track 5
1 * Mid-tempo. Cali forests on fire; we didn’t heed warning. acoustic gtr, bass, horns (2:59)
2 * Fast. Departures & potential returns. fuzzy electric guitar, firm drumming (3:53)
3 * Slow. Ambiguous feelings (“I love you; I’m lying; Am I?”) acoustic gtr, tomtoms (5:27)
4 * Mid-fast. Odd imagery. Multiple elec guitars, trumpet. Intriguing syncopation. (3:30)
5 FCC (several). Mid-tempo. Pretty melody, 6/8 dance. Multiple sexual references (4:43)
6 Very slow. Patsy Cline style heartache. Acoustic & pedal steel guitars (2:35)
7 Slow. Somber & haunting. Acoustic guitar & bass, strings (4:07)
8 VERY slow. The many things one’s hands can do. Odd, spooky feeling (3:51)
9 Slow. A dreamy recollection of seeing someone after a long time (4:43)
10 ** Mid-fast. Good rocking song, strange lyric; elec guitar & bass, drums. Urgent (4:51)
11 ** Slow to mid. Horribly ironic twist on St Francis’s “peace prayer.” Acoustic (3:46)
Vera Sola (real name is Danielle Aykroyd) is a multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter, singer, and producer. This is her second full-length album (following a 2018 debut). Her voice is a smoky, muscular alto. (I thought of Lana Del Rey; you may agree or not.) The songs here are odd, atmospheric, sometimes gothic. Instrumentation is (variously) acoustic or electric guitars, steel guitar, bass, drums. synth, and occasional strings.
FCC in track 5
1 * Mid-tempo. Cali forests on fire; we didn’t heed warning. acoustic gtr, bass, horns (2:59)
2 * Fast. Departures & potential returns. fuzzy electric guitar, firm drumming (3:53)
3 * Slow. Ambiguous feelings (“I love you; I’m lying; Am I?”) acoustic gtr, tomtoms (5:27)
4 * Mid-fast. Odd imagery. Multiple elec guitars, trumpet. Intriguing syncopation. (3:30)
5 FCC (several). Mid-tempo. Pretty melody, 6/8 dance. Multiple sexual references (4:43)
6 Very slow. Patsy Cline style heartache. Acoustic & pedal steel guitars (2:35)
7 Slow. Somber & haunting. Acoustic guitar & bass, strings (4:07)
8 VERY slow. The many things one’s hands can do. Odd, spooky feeling (3:51)
9 Slow. A dreamy recollection of seeing someone after a long time (4:43)
10 ** Mid-fast. Good rocking song, strange lyric; elec guitar & bass, drums. Urgent (4:51)
11 ** Slow to mid. Horribly ironic twist on St Francis’s “peace prayer.” Acoustic (3:46)
Track Listing
| 1. | Bad Idea (2:59) | 7. | Bird House (4:07) | |||
| 2. | The Line (3:53) | 8. | Hands (3:51) | |||
| 3. | I'm Lying (5:27) | 9. | Is That You? (4:43) | |||
| 4. | Get Wise (3:30) | 10. | Blood Bond (4:51) | |||
| 5. | Desire Path (4:43) | 11. | Instrument of War (3:46) | |||
| 6. | Waiting (2:35) | . |