Sunday, July 3, 2011

Alice Gold: Seven Rainbows ? review

(Fiction)

Alice Gold's debut, recorded over three weeks and produced by Dan Carey (Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip) is a pleasing mixed bag. Opener "Seasons Change" has a semi-psychedelic feel and crystal-clear vocals and the travelogue "Runaway Love" a Lily Allen lilt; single "Cry Cry Cry" features off-kilter urban beats and a strangely familiar hook in the chorus that will stick in the brain. Elsewhere, there are darker textures to be savoured, and the record gets better as it goes along ? I really like the bluesy, wayward "Conversations of Love". Press-release comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin are misplaced ? Lenny Kravitz, maybe ? but it's this is still a good album.

Rating: 4/5


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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/03/alice-gold-seven-rainbows-review

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