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Not Even Happiness

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発売日 2017年01月13日
国内/輸入 輸入
レーベルBasin Rock
構成数 1
パッケージ仕様 -
規格品番 BR001CD
SKU 5060168041173

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:00:00
A transient singer/songwriter who was raised in Buffalo, New York, Julie Byrne returned not only to her hometown but to the house where she grew up to record Not Even Happiness, her Ba Da Bing Records debut. Not new to recording, her prior work includes additional vocals for Jordan Lee's more expansive but similarly pastoral Mutual Benefit, as well as cassettes of her own material. Here, she reestablishes what has been her trademark: delicate, dreamy folk governed by a quiet melancholia. Throughout, guitar picking and the squeak of fingers changing position accompany a soft, smoky vocal delivery that seems resigned to solitude. Frequent comparisons to Joni Mitchell are apt, though only Mitchell at her gentlest, as Byrne floats through a track list that includes titles like "Follow My Voice," "Sleepwalker," and "All the Land Glimmers Beneath." "Morning Dove" has a chorus reinforced by the muted hum of string-like synths. The song remembers the sound of singing "from your lips, which splashed my dollhouse with music," in a time before betrayal. With a hint of bossa nova, "The Sea as It Glides" has syncopated acoustic guitar eventually joined by electronics, underscored throughout by the sound of waves along the shore. Water and the notion of solitude together capture the sound and spirit of the album, at least in broad strokes. In fact, the title Not Even Happiness was inspired by a sunrise stroll along the Atlantic during which the songwriter caught herself thinking that she wouldn't trade that feeling for anything, "not even happiness." While the album makes more of an impression as a whole than do individual songs, it makes a lasting one. ~ Marcy Donelson

  1. 1.[CDアルバム]
    1. 1.
      Follow My Voice
    2. 2.
      Sleepwalker
    3. 3.
      Melting Grid
    4. 4.
      Natural Blue
    5. 5.
      Interlude
    6. 6.
      Morning Dove
    7. 7.
      All the Land Glimmered Beneath
    8. 8.
      Sea as it Glides
    9. 9.
      I Live Now as a Singer

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アーティスト： Julie Byrne

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NME - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] delicate masterpiece, one that takes traditional Americana and imbues it with a soft sensuality, using lush melodies and evocative lyricism to conjure up a roving, lovelorn narrative that it's impossible not to be spellbound by." Spin - "NOT EVEN HAPPINESS is primarily a duet between solo voice and acoustic guitar, but it takes place beneath a canopy of mountainous, lovingly-shaped reverb." Pitchfork - "Wanderer, dreamer, naturist, loner, romantic -- with her bold fingerpicking and deep voice, Byrne makes these well-worn identities feel newly alive." Mojo - "She sings out, her velvety voice becoming saturated -- sometimes confrontationally so -- and the production has opened up enormously." Paste - "With a quiver full of memorable melodies and reverb that stretches to the horizon, this album is at once engaging, enigmatic and irresistible." Uncut - "Byrne specialised in a kind of spectral folk music untethered from tradition; comparisons with Angel Olsen, even Joni Mitchell, were keen, and apt."
Rovi

A transient singer/songwriter who was raised in Buffalo, New York, Julie Byrne returned not only to her hometown but to the house where she grew up to record Not Even Happiness, her Ba Da Bing Records debut. Not new to recording, her prior work includes additional vocals for Jordan Lee's more expansive but similarly pastoral Mutual Benefit, as well as cassettes of her own material. Here, she reestablishes what has been her trademark: delicate, dreamy folk governed by a quiet melancholia. Throughout, guitar picking and the squeak of fingers changing position accompany a soft, smoky vocal delivery that seems resigned to solitude. Frequent comparisons to Joni Mitchell are apt, though only Mitchell at her gentlest, as Byrne floats through a track list that includes titles like "Follow My Voice," "Sleepwalker," and "All the Land Glimmers Beneath." "Morning Dove" has a chorus reinforced by the muted hum of string-like synths. The song remembers the sound of singing "from your lips, which splashed my dollhouse with music," in a time before betrayal. With a hint of bossa nova, "The Sea as It Glides" has syncopated acoustic guitar eventually joined by electronics, underscored throughout by the sound of waves along the shore. Water and the notion of solitude together capture the sound and spirit of the album, at least in broad strokes. In fact, the title Not Even Happiness was inspired by a sunrise stroll along the Atlantic during which the songwriter caught herself thinking that she wouldn't trade that feeling for anything, "not even happiness." While the album makes more of an impression as a whole than do individual songs, it makes a lasting one. ~ Marcy Donelson|
Rovi

A transient singer/songwriter who was raised in Buffalo, New York, Julie Byrne returned not only to her hometown but to the house where she grew up to record Not Even Happiness, her Ba Da Bing Records debut. Not new to recording, her prior work includes additional vocals for Jordan Lee's more expansive but similarly pastoral Mutual Benefit, as well as cassettes of her own material. Here, she reestablishes what has been her trademark: delicate, dreamy folk governed by a quiet melancholia. Throughout, guitar picking and the squeak of fingers changing position accompany a soft, smoky vocal delivery that seems resigned to solitude. Frequent comparisons to Joni Mitchell are apt, though only Mitchell at her gentlest, as Byrne floats through a track list that includes titles like "Follow My Voice," "Sleepwalker," and "All the Land Glimmers Beneath." "Morning Dove" has a chorus reinforced by the muted hum of string-like synths. The song remembers the sound of singing "from your lips, which splashed my dollhouse with music," in a time before betrayal. With a hint of bossa nova, "The Sea as It Glides" has syncopated acoustic guitar eventually joined by electronics, underscored throughout by the sound of waves along the shore. Water and the notion of solitude together capture the sound and spirit of the album, at least in broad strokes. In fact, the title Not Even Happiness was inspired by a sunrise stroll along the Atlantic during which the songwriter caught herself thinking that she wouldn't trade that feeling for anything, "not even happiness." While the album makes more of an impression as a whole than do individual songs, it makes a lasting one. ~ Marcy Donelson
Rovi

海外の有力メディアもこぞって絶賛した前作から約3年、NYを拠点に活動する女性シンガー・ソングライターが2枚目となるこのアルバムで日本進出。気怠さが魅力のウィスパー・ヴォイスと郷愁感たっぷりなギターのアルペジオを軸に、ミニマルでモノトーンな音世界を作り上げている。ヴァシュティ・バニアンやジョアンナ・ニューサムのファンに推奨したい、一生聴ける美麗なアシッド・フォーク盤。
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最初のギターの音だけで名盤の予感が立ち上ってくる。そして、歌声が聴こえた瞬間にそれは確信に変わる。
終始抑えた囁くような歌声に生々しいアコースティックギター、さりげないアンビエンス。
2017年リリースだが、いつの時代のアルバムといわれてもしっくりくる普遍性がある。
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