Sunday, July 29, 2012

Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur

Another incremental development in Edwards' sound, and another step more expansive - Voyageur sometimes sounds a bit like Emmylou Harris' late 90s-onwards airy, widescreen version of americana, in a good way. There's more space in Edwards' songs than ever before, and a lightness in the arrangements and production that works well with the more stretched-out direction that her songwriting takes nowadays; this is very nice. Favourites: "Change the Sheets", "Mint".

(Failer; Back to Me; live; Asking for Flowers)