Posted By jan on 23 Apr 2007 12:57 AM
the milk eyed mender is a joy and before ys came along one would wonder how she could better it but the truth is with ys joanna newsom has propelled herself into another orbit…granted it’s more dense and perhaps not as ‘pop’ in it’s timbre as milk eyed mender but jesus h. christ, it is the one record of recent times that just when I think it can’t ascend any further in my estimation, i put it on again and up it soars…please don’t give up on it, keep playing it til it clicks with you...give it time and it will reward you well
as for the ys street band, i didn’t feel they were surplus to requirements at any stage really in fact I liked that they were subtle presences coming in when they were needed and fading away when they weren’t, they didn’t steal so much as a glance of focus yet were clearly accomplished and enhanced the sound, particularly the drummer I thought who was spot on with the extent of his contributions….anyway aside from that the ys tracks just wouldn’t have come alive in the same way without the musicians I think
what she said effectively...
...really the Ys tracks are an extension of milk eyed mender stuff like 'sadie'... exactly the same kind of writing but just bigger and better... granted there is no pop music on Ys (e.g. peach plum pear)...
...milk eyed mender is utterly fantastic... i just think she went for a more ambitious album with Ys and pulled it off with flying colours... if the new song (colleen) is anything to go by, the next record will be different again... |