When “Glow in the Dark” first
starts, I cannot tell if I am hearing an audio clip extracted from a movie perhaps
or someone actually speaking over the words, but a quick check to the linear
notes shows that it is a piece written by the same person who read it, and thus
my mind is put a little bit more at ease as I don’t feel like I’m missing some
pop culture reference.
Cassandra
Grace has many sides to her music, and none of them are fake. From a dreamy acoustic guitar sound to the
darker piano keys, the music here manages to cross genres whilst staying at
home the entire time.
There
is this sultry feel to the vibe of the songs and especially in their delivery
vocally, yet rather than taking a typical crooner stance lyrics like “I have
lost you and I don’t care”. Something
like Silversun Pickups comes out at times, while at other times I am reverted
back to my old favorite of Polly Scattergood, whom I will never tire of
hearing.
As
we near the end of “Glow in the Dark”, a Mazzy Star-like ballad comes out at
the eighth spot, and in the final song we get an almost country/folk/home
recorded feel. No lyric you hear this
year (or for years to come) might be more powerful than “Love can’t save you”
and that is just icing on the cake for this most excellent of cassettes.
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