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Ys, by Joanna Newsom (CD on Drag City)

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Rating: unmoved This record left Dearoldclintonsittingonatoadstoolindinglydell feeling unmoved.

It must being hard being Joanna Newsom - I mean you try playing the harp, squeaking and being so goddamn kooky all the time. After reading ecstatic reviews in every publication from 'Heron Fanciers Monthly' to 'Chainsawing Your Face Right Off Quarterly', I decided to check this record out. What I heard astonished me but possibly not in the way you are expecting. Ok ok opener 'Emily' is very nice even if it does go on a bit, Van Dyke Parks strings are simply scrumptious. But after that it kind of trails off into aimless songs that kind of just wander about. I have played this album 3 times and each time it has sounded progressively worse. I promise you that in 2 years time you will put this record on and exclaim 'What was I thinking??!!!' . Perhaps the wild press has made me expect too much - something that would truly knock my head off - the album is Is ok, different from anything else about but really compared to the stuff its being compared to and the reviews its getting its not that special.......and no I won't be going to see her perform this live with a 32 piece orchestra because the idea is just totally preposterous. Seriously, does anyone really need a 32 piece orchestra? What do they all do? Also I hear that she coming back next spring performing it on ice with dancing dwarves......or was that ( like parts of this record) some kind of horrific prog rock inflected nightmare?

Review date: 17 January 2007

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What the label says:

Tracklisting:
Emily
Monkey & Bear
Sawdust & Diamonds
Only Skin
Cosmia

 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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