I’m not sure
why I own this album but logically I should really like the quirky work of the
French based Casady sisters whose sound has been labelled as ‘freak folk’.
Sounds intriguing…it’s apparently a combination of blues, opera, trip hop, pop,
electronica and rap. And they almost pull it off, however for some reason it
doesn’t quite work.
Most probably
this is because the singing sounds uncannily like the princess of quirkiness
herself, Bjork, and I struggled to get over this whenever I listened to the album.
The accent, the intonation and even the lyrical content are just too
Bjork-esque. Secondly, the whole concept is just too fussy. There’s so much
going on behind the familiar quirksome vocals. I was never sure what I was
supposed to be enjoying and when. The CD packaging is lovely though.
All the tracks
are much of a muchness in a Bjork meets Trip Hop in the style of Of Monsters
and Men kind of way. I quite enjoyed the more straightforward songs like ‘Child
Bride’ and ‘Villain’ but the strange rapping style on ‘End of Time’ is perhaps
their finest moment.
It’s not
altogether un-enjoyable but it just didn’t push my buttons. If you like the
sound of a folky version of the Sugarcubes playing trip hop (without Einar
unfortunately) then this could well be the perfect album for you.
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