Sounds and Zounds

Well, sometimes songs try to say to much. In Joanna Newsom new CD “Ys” it suffers often of this wordy bit of song writing. The songs in there 7 minute plus format are extremely wordy with a new sense of off balanced music structures. This style of song writing in this collection of songs often leave me enjoying the first half of the songs but hoping they would end soon. Newsom’s voice is not for everyones musical enjoyment, it has calmed down lightly, now almost sounding of a young Byork but still has the high pitched phrases that fill you full of visions of faryies. This though is why she is thought of the most prominent of the modern psych folk movement. Her harp playing is a fine bit of work, but regretful seems to be buried behind some digital string arraignments that bring some vision of a 3 Year old banging against the keyboard. This is a CD that I really would like to like, but I think the songs are often frustrating me before they finnish.