LAETTITIA SADIER
Something Shines
Music • CDIndie • Post Rock
[60/100]
Drag City
05/11/2014, Paul PLEDGER
If her first two solo albums grabbed you by the earholes, Sadier's third will do exactly the same - it's business as usual, if a little more refined and intimate in nature. The trademark psychedelic bent is all here, there's plucked electric-bass rearing its head, some mournful harmonies here and there, retro elements sourced from ageing synths and the occasional nod back to Stereolab days, particularly with the truly lovely Release From The Centre Of Your Heart which wouldn't sound out of place on Dusty Springfield's In Memphis album - it's that good. OK, I'm a sucker for a chunk of brass and mid-tempo soul thrown into my leftfield jazz-pop classics. As for the rest of Something Shines, it's all a bit of a plod in places but the first half-dozen songs are among her best.
This review also appeared on Flipside Reviews
Paul PLEDGER
05/11/2014
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