Beautiful, soulful, delightful, real. Oh, and English. Brilliant. Perfect.
Put Lily Allen through the blender, take the end result, sprinkle in a bit of fairy dust born from legends like as Nick Drake and Beth Orton and oh, just a dash of ... Led Zeppelin ... say the magic words, and hey presto from the ether – Laura Marling.
Us music journalists wonder from time to time if ever there will be a day when we can say “reminiscent of Nick Drake”. It is not a small thing.
This is a powerful, authentic and timely LP. I shan’t uncover too much lest I spoil it for you, but I will say that at times this is lyrically majestic.
There is also a wild, untamed gypsy heart that passionately drives the soul to seek for desert nights of raw unbridled abandon under myriad stars of the heavens above.
“Hold your Devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground,” she sings.
There is also a gentle innocence and vulnerability that would not be honest to ignore – she is still a young woman after all and far from the finished product ... we hope!
‘I Never Rode My Bike Down To The Sea’ is sung with meaning and truth. It is an archetype of a quaint, gentle spring breeze of those of us fortunate enough to grow up in England before fearing being shanked to death in public by a rival school gang.
[etRating value=“ 5”]
Put Lily Allen through the blender, take the end result, sprinkle in a bit of fairy dust born from legends like as Nick Drake and Beth Orton and oh, just a dash of ... Led Zeppelin ... say the magic words, and hey presto from the ether – Laura Marling.
Us music journalists wonder from time to time if ever there will be a day when we can say “reminiscent of Nick Drake”. It is not a small thing.
This is a powerful, authentic and timely LP. I shan’t uncover too much lest I spoil it for you, but I will say that at times this is lyrically majestic.
There is also a wild, untamed gypsy heart that passionately drives the soul to seek for desert nights of raw unbridled abandon under myriad stars of the heavens above.
“Hold your Devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground,” she sings.
There is also a gentle innocence and vulnerability that would not be honest to ignore – she is still a young woman after all and far from the finished product ... we hope!
‘I Never Rode My Bike Down To The Sea’ is sung with meaning and truth. It is an archetype of a quaint, gentle spring breeze of those of us fortunate enough to grow up in England before fearing being shanked to death in public by a rival school gang.
[etRating value=“ 5”]
