2012-3-14 01:30
麻油女郎
Eliza Rickman - O, You Sinners (2012) [Alternative]
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INFORMATION
ARTIST: Eliza Rickman
TITLE: O, You Sinners
LABEL:
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 228kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41min total
RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00
RIP DATE: 2012-03-12
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TRACKLIST
01. Black Rose 2:58
02. Devil's Flesh & Bones 3:45
03. Over Cold Shoulders 3:56
04. Through An Aquarium 4:09
05. Cinnamon Bone 3:10
06. O, You Sinners 3:23
07. Pretty Little Head 3:50
08. Start With Goodbye, Stop With Hello 3:53
09. White Words 3:14
10. Coming Up Roses 5:17
11. Into My Arms 4:24
NOTES
There is always a hint of menace and reservoirs of force haunting the
corners of Eliza Rickmans voice, whatever register it occupies. Her
presence on stagewhether she wears flowers in her hair, or stuffed
birds; whether she plays a toy piano or a grand pianois an enveloping,
soft darkness, impossible to ignore. It is quite a surprise that Rickman
didnt even realize she could sing until after she earned a degree in
orchestration from Azusa Pacific University, because her voice is the
most enthralling and salient feature of any on the tracks from her new
album 'O, You Sinners'. And this is saying something, considering her
deftness as a pianist and her subtlety as a composer. Like Kate Bush's
work, or like PJ Harveys album White Chalk, the arrangements on O, You
Sinners are edged with dissonance. Like Andrew Bird, she favors
pizzicato strings over junkyard percussion and complex lyrical melodies.
Indeed, Rickmans co-producer Mark Greenberg is a frequent contributor
to Birds albums (as well as to Wilcos 'The Whole Love' and to the
Grammy Award-winning Mavis Stapless album 'You Are Not Alone').
Religious themes pervade Rickmans workher album is, after all, titled
'O, You Sinners'. She is the daughter of a pastor, and started playing
piano in church at the age of 13. But like one of her great influences-
Nick Cave- her writing belies ambivalence about religion. Good and evil;
love, both Gods love and carnal love; sinners and saints; desire and
repentance, all find a place in Rickmans songs. They lurk behind the
scrim- whatever stage she sets. The coin of her realm is stamped with
the will of God, and whether you are a doubter or a believer you must
deal in her currency if you want her to ferry you ashore. O, you
sinners she sings, hear me. And how could we not listen?
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Eliza Rickman is a nationally touring artist whose unique and haunting sound combines the lilting sweetness of popular vocalists like Feist or Annie Clark with the gritty sensibilities of PJ Harvey and the playfulness of Kurt Weill.
Eliza recorded her first full-length effort this winter with Chicago-based engineer Mark Greenberg (Andrew Bird, Wilco, Mavis Staples). It was funded by a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign during her nationwide spring tour, when over $12k were raised (out of a $6k goal). The album is anticipated for release in early 2012, and highlights Eliza’s talent for writing string arrangements, and includes contributions from percussionist Kevin O’Donnell (Andrew Bird’s ‘Bowl of Fire’) & bassist Tom V. Ray (Neko Case, Jakob Dylan).
Two stunning music videos were made in 2010 with Mindfruit Films for songs off her toy piano-based EP, ‘Gild the Lily’ (2009). The first video (“Cinnamon Bone”) was completed in the spring, and is a reverse effect, slow motion short film about a young woman reliving her heartbreak through the seasons. All effects for the video were analog only, and this unique concept landed “Cinnamon Bone” a spot at 2011’s SXSW Film Festival. A stop-motion video for “Black Rose” was released six months later.
“Eliza’s beautifully unusual voice, accompanied only by the unique tones of a toy piano, is mesmerizing … absolutely exquisite.” - Renee Trinca, President, Schoenhut Piano Company
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