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Jenny Owen Youngs stuck to the singer/songwriter handbook on her 2005 debut, making occasional diversions from the tranquil, acoustic-based material with barbed songs like "Fuck Was I." Four years later, Transmitter Failure finds the artist widening her reach with electric instrumentation, collaboratively written tracks, and a genre-spanning wealth of material. "Led to the Sea" is the most immediately striking tune here, a fusion of bass-heavy verses and buoyant, stomping refrains, but Youngs' biggest asset is her willingness to explore vastly different territory, both musically and lyrically. "Here Is a Heart" peppers its elegant chord progression with some unexpected culinary imagery -- "Here is a heart... battered and braised, grilled and sautéed, just how you like it" -- while "Clean Break" likens a quick breakup to surgery, with neo-jazz melodies and spaghetti western guitars adding color to such stark lines as "Just sterilize the scalpel and let's get this over with." Youngs' ability to confidently jump from genre to genre owes a sizable debt to producer Dan Romer, who laces her music with strings, ukuleles, horns, and harmonies (most of them sung by Bess Rogers, sideman extraordinaire and a solid songwriter in her own right) as he sees fit. Even so, Youngs is the true star here, and the studio polish that coats Transmitter Failure only makes the album more palatable.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
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Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, Dan Romer, ComposerLyricist - Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist - Dan Romer, Producer
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - BMG Blue - Sissies and Housewives Music - (212) 561-3000 - licensing.us@bmgchrysalis.com, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Jenny Owen Youngs, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Album review
Jenny Owen Youngs stuck to the singer/songwriter handbook on her 2005 debut, making occasional diversions from the tranquil, acoustic-based material with barbed songs like "Fuck Was I." Four years later, Transmitter Failure finds the artist widening her reach with electric instrumentation, collaboratively written tracks, and a genre-spanning wealth of material. "Led to the Sea" is the most immediately striking tune here, a fusion of bass-heavy verses and buoyant, stomping refrains, but Youngs' biggest asset is her willingness to explore vastly different territory, both musically and lyrically. "Here Is a Heart" peppers its elegant chord progression with some unexpected culinary imagery -- "Here is a heart... battered and braised, grilled and sautéed, just how you like it" -- while "Clean Break" likens a quick breakup to surgery, with neo-jazz melodies and spaghetti western guitars adding color to such stark lines as "Just sterilize the scalpel and let's get this over with." Youngs' ability to confidently jump from genre to genre owes a sizable debt to producer Dan Romer, who laces her music with strings, ukuleles, horns, and harmonies (most of them sung by Bess Rogers, sideman extraordinaire and a solid songwriter in her own right) as he sees fit. Even so, Youngs is the true star here, and the studio polish that coats Transmitter Failure only makes the album more palatable.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:33
- Main artists: Jenny Owen Youngs
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nettwerk Music Group
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
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