Old Low Light

• Artist : Kathryn Williams
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0809274755223
• Label : East West
• Manufacturer : East West
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : East West
• Release Date : 2002-09-30
• SKU : FV-I0P9-5WY9
• Studio : East West
• UPC : 809274755223

Old Low Light arrives two years on from the surprise Mercury Music Prize nomination of Kathryn Williams' sophomore album, Little Black Numbers, and the feisty songstress has arisen with her gorgeous brand of tender folk intact. But while this, her major label debut, is as musically sparse and lyrically intimate as any of her previous work, the subject matter is often several shades darker. While covering everything from death to loneliness, Williams' unpretentious outlook and self-effacing wry wit make for an enchanting narrative. "No One Takes You Home" is a perfect example: "You've watched all the romance on your television / It's too much to bear you got to get a new sort of vision / You've done your best at the gym, you got your lip gloss on / You're going to the doctor's to see if it's a medical problem." Elsewhere the leaden strings and gloomy subject matter of "Wolf" casts a low shadow while Williams recalls her obsessive first sexual partner. But the overall feel of Old Low Light is one of breezy introspection. Too often compared to folk-legend Nick Drake--his ingenuity with a fretboard is difficult to beat--Williams does have a similarly deft touch when it comes to laying an evocative, pastoral acoustic melody over melancholy soul searching. Equally suitable company for a night in with a bottle of wine or a weekend spent speeding down country lanes, Old Low Light is something to cherish. --Christopher Barrett

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Little black numbers
  • 2: White blue and red
  • 3: Mirrorball
  • 4: Devices
  • 5: Daydream and saunter
  • 6: Beatles
  • 7: Wolf
  • 8: Tradition
  • 9: Swimmer
  • 10: On for you
  • 11: No one takes you home
  • 12: 3am phonecall

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