Monday, January 18, 2010

7: Lawrence Arabia: Chant Darling 8: Jesca Hoop: Hunting My Dress



I knew this would happen. Buying albums faster than I have time to write about them. And with two new releases last week, time to resort to one line reviews. Lawrence Arabia. He's not called Lawrence. He's from New Zealand. Nice jangly Byrds/Beach Boys guitar pop. Totally wrong to release an album sounding like this in January. Unless you're in New Zealand.
Jesca Hoop - acid folk from Tom Waits' kid's nanny (every reviewer mentions this, so she's not really trying to live it down), now based in the UK. And she is called Jesca. One of those love it/hate it voices like Joanna Newsom. Think this one will grow on me.

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