Cocorosie - Noah's Ark
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Artist: CocorosieBrand: COCOROSIE
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Touch & Go Records
Soundtracks:
- K-Hole
- Beautiful Boyz
- South 2nd
- Bear Hides And Buffalo
- Tekno Love Song
- The Sea Is Calm
- Noah's Ark
- Milk
- Armageddon
- Brazilian Sun
- Bisounours
- Honey Or Tar
Music reviews of Noah's Ark
Music Review: A continuation from their unique debut
Rating: 5 Stars
CocoRosie's debut album La Maison de Mon Rêve was a unique blend of electronic sounds that remind one of Future Days-era Can and a vocal style that was essentially folk-like but much darker and more moody if that were possible. Lyrically, too, CocoRosie were very much a departure from what had been the norm for eccentric female singer/songwriters. Instead of focusing on mystical or nature-based themes, Sierra and Bianca Casady wrote songs about everyday experiences of the urban developed world that were humourous but always had dark overtones.
Their second album, "Noah's Ark" was a difficult act to do properly, yet CocoRosie do not fall into a single one of the many dangerous traps involved in following up a groundbreaking debut album. They do not try to do something totally different from what they had done on "La Maison de Mon Rêve", but neither do they attempt to copy what they did on the first album. Opener "K-Hole" shows that CocoRosie could still surprise even a listener familiar with their debut album, but the way the sisters' voices blend together is even better and deeper. This is seen in a remarkable way on the following two tracks, "Beautiful Boys" and "South Second", on both of which Sierra and Bianca look deeply at the problems of outcasts in a society obsessed with such things as celebrity. This is especially true of "South Second"'s surprising ability to delve int the difficulties of a housewife via the most beautifully touching harmonies. The use of found sounds from everyday items is further advanced in a wonderful way from "La Maison de Mon Rêve"
Fourth track "Bear Hides and Buffalo" has a strange, sleeplike beauty complemented by the childlike tone of the vocals and the simple electronics that form the only backup. "Techno Love Song" reflects on the problems of falling in love too quickly to great effect and the choral vocals when heard fit with the simple instrumentation. "The Sea Is Calm" is a typical abrupt change of direction, however, with an extremely slow piano and the sound of slow-moving water being even more difficult to acquire than most of CocoRosie's work, whilst "Milk" is very short but similarly moving. The title track is the most "electronic"-oriented on "Noah's Ark", having a slow-dance foundation via simple synthesised percussion and lyrics that one could call cute but fit with the humour the sisters always had. It's heavily synthesised sound predates their most famous song, "Rainbowarriors".
"Armageddon" is a return to the simple choral sound of "Techno Love Song", whilst the opening of "Brazilian Sun" continues in this soothing vein even with the ethnic percussion sounds that are a major departure from their urban style. "Bisonaurs" is similar but a little more folksy, "Honey or Tar" has a touching harpsichord-like guitar, whilst close "Oh Sailor" is close to Björk is its gymnastic vocal tone.
All in all, "Noah's Ark" stands as a textbook example of the right way to follow a groundbreaking debut.
Description of Noah's Ark
Since the mysterious and beautiful "La Maison de Mon Reve" surfaced in early 2004, CocoRosie have spent months traveling the world with the likes of Bright Eyes, TV On The Radio, Antony And The Johnsons, Devendra Banhart, and Blonde Redhead. Along the way, "Noah's Ark" took shape, where heart-offerings of friends, family, loved ones and lost ones surface gracefully, contributing depth to the narrative journey. "Noah's Ark" is the result of a rootless reality, a drifting consciousness across state lines, date lines, time lines...connected to the past, vague about the future. But the heart of these songs is always issued from a tender present.A unicorn, a rainbow spitting zebra and what looks to be a horse sprouting a third eye are engaged in group sex on the illustrated cover of CocoRosie's second album. If that leads you to expect something playful and magical but also starkly screwed-up from the recording inside, you are on the right path. With assistance from Antony and Devendra, Ark is easily one of the most rewarding releases of 2005. The core of the music is made by singers/multi-instrumentalists Sierra and Bianca Cassidy, formerly estranged sisters who bonded over music and made their magical debut in a Paris flat. Their music has a lunatic music box feel that ought to appeal to fans of Bjork and Joanna Newsom, while the lyrics mine transgressive territory more often found in a book by JT LeRoy than a pop song. The true stars of the album are the singers' lovely, ethereal voices, which refract a '30s jazz-blues idiom through a strangely deadened, forever-sad delivery. It's the vocal equivalent of the toymaker's creations from Blade Runner and it is simply beautiful! -Mike McGonigal
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