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Oh, My Girl, the second album by singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes and her band the Sweet Hereafter -- led by Phil Wandscher -- picks up where her debut, Reckless Burning, left off. Songs are played at cough-syrup tempo, production is sparse, instrumentation equally so, offering just enough of a frame for the melody and lyrics to hang themselves on, and everything, absolutely everything, is underplayed. There is plenty of dynamic tension, but little to no dynamic range. Yes, this is a good thing. Sykes' ghostly voice, which hovers about her words more than inhabits them, has enough old-world folkiness, raw -- if intentionally muted -- willingness, and lonesome country pain in it to carry off these tunes with authority. Produced, mixed and engineered by multi-instrumentalist Tucker Martine, Oh, My Girl is full of slow, dipping passion, moody expressionism and poetic smarts to make it stand out in a sensual, narcotic way from the rest of the gothic alterna-twang pack. And one more thing: Sykes has more emotion in the grain of her halting, cracking voice than a whole army of Margo Timmins'es -- so let the comparisons stop now, please.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Wandscher (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher - Maggot Brain Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Wandscher (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher - Maggot Brain Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Wandscher (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher - Maggot Brain Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Tucker Martine, Producer - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, MainArtist - Sykes (BMI), Composer - Wandscher (BMI), Composer - Spooky American Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher - Maggot Brain Music, BMI (Adm. By BMG), MusicPublisher
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
Album review
Oh, My Girl, the second album by singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes and her band the Sweet Hereafter -- led by Phil Wandscher -- picks up where her debut, Reckless Burning, left off. Songs are played at cough-syrup tempo, production is sparse, instrumentation equally so, offering just enough of a frame for the melody and lyrics to hang themselves on, and everything, absolutely everything, is underplayed. There is plenty of dynamic tension, but little to no dynamic range. Yes, this is a good thing. Sykes' ghostly voice, which hovers about her words more than inhabits them, has enough old-world folkiness, raw -- if intentionally muted -- willingness, and lonesome country pain in it to carry off these tunes with authority. Produced, mixed and engineered by multi-instrumentalist Tucker Martine, Oh, My Girl is full of slow, dipping passion, moody expressionism and poetic smarts to make it stand out in a sensual, narcotic way from the rest of the gothic alterna-twang pack. And one more thing: Sykes has more emotion in the grain of her halting, cracking voice than a whole army of Margo Timmins'es -- so let the comparisons stop now, please.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:38
- Main artists: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Station Grey Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(C) 2004 Station Grey Records (P) 2003 Station Grey Records
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