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Quoted as wanting to make a record "we could love the rest of our lives," Hem spent a year on this collection. The idea was to combine their love of traditional American music with the lushness of the occasional 18-piece orchestra, a good choice considering the sweet, crystalline quality of the vocal work by lead singer Sally Ellyson. Ellyson had never sung professionally before, but answered an ad in The Village Voice with a cassette of lullabies she'd recorded for a friend's child, and the set begins with a snippet of what was on that tape -- a few lines unaccompanied from the traditional "Lord, Blow the Moon Out Please." Her voice, untarnished, as it may have been by spending nights on end singing in smoky bars, was worth waiting for. Rabbit Songs' sound is lyrical, melodic, and pure. It was recorded in the old-fashioned, non-digital manner and that devotion to tradition is apparent in each song, whether in simple and sparse arrangements or full of strings and glockenspiel. The songs, which speak of devotion, loss, and voyeurism, don't try to sound old -- they just have an effortlessly timeless appeal. "Betting on Trains," with its simple ebb and flow, is particularly lovely; "When I Was Drinking" speaks knowingly of disappointment, the effects of which are punctuated by swirling pedal steel; and "Horsey" swoons along to the old-time violin work of Carol Sharar like a relic from the past.
© Travis Drageset /TiVo
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Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Hem, MainArtist
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher - Messé, Maurer, ComposerLyricist
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Curtis, ComposerLyricist - Hem, MainArtist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Hem, MainArtist
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Messé, ComposerLyricist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Hem, MainArtist - Self-Published contact Nettwerk, MusicPublisher - Messé, Maurer, ComposerLyricist
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
Albumbeschreibung
Quoted as wanting to make a record "we could love the rest of our lives," Hem spent a year on this collection. The idea was to combine their love of traditional American music with the lushness of the occasional 18-piece orchestra, a good choice considering the sweet, crystalline quality of the vocal work by lead singer Sally Ellyson. Ellyson had never sung professionally before, but answered an ad in The Village Voice with a cassette of lullabies she'd recorded for a friend's child, and the set begins with a snippet of what was on that tape -- a few lines unaccompanied from the traditional "Lord, Blow the Moon Out Please." Her voice, untarnished, as it may have been by spending nights on end singing in smoky bars, was worth waiting for. Rabbit Songs' sound is lyrical, melodic, and pure. It was recorded in the old-fashioned, non-digital manner and that devotion to tradition is apparent in each song, whether in simple and sparse arrangements or full of strings and glockenspiel. The songs, which speak of devotion, loss, and voyeurism, don't try to sound old -- they just have an effortlessly timeless appeal. "Betting on Trains," with its simple ebb and flow, is particularly lovely; "When I Was Drinking" speaks knowingly of disappointment, the effects of which are punctuated by swirling pedal steel; and "Horsey" swoons along to the old-time violin work of Carol Sharar like a relic from the past.
© Travis Drageset /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:29
- Main artists: Hem
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nettwerk Music Group
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
2001 Nettwerk Productions 2001 Nettwerk Productions
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