Eilen Jewell - Sea of Tears
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Artist: Eilen JewellEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-04-21
Music Label: Signature Sounds
Soundtracks:
- Rain Roll In
- Sweet Rose
- Shakin' All Over
- Sea of Tears
- Fading Memory
- Nowhere in No Time
- I'm Gonna Dress in Black
- One of Those Days
- Final Hour
- The Darkest Day
- Everywhere I Go
- Codeine Arms
Music reviews of Sea of Tears
Music Review: +1/2 -- Blue country cool meets hot rock twang
Rating: 4 Stars
Jewell's third album retains the 30s jazz phrasings of her vocals, but the folk and country sounds of 2007's Letters From Sinners & Saints give way to electric guitars that twang like slow-motion rockabilly. No fiddle or harmonica this time, and only a few vocal harmonies supplement the basic guitar, drums, and bass. Dark strums of sustain contrast interestingly with Jewell's reflective vocals, turning Johnny Kidd & the Pirate's "Shakin' All Over" into a contest between cool reserve and hot guitar licks. Imagine the calm and collected Julie London backed by the Blue Caps' galloping Cliff Gallup. The British Invasion also provides Them's "I'm Gonna Dress in Black," rousing Jewell to angry self-pity.
The three covers (which also include Loretta Lynn's "The Darkest Day") have been reworked to downbeat- and mid-tempos that dovetail seamlessly with the blue twang of the nine originals. The opening "Rain Rolls In" contrasts chiming 12-string and a languid vocal with a lyric whose resignation extends to the grave. A similar pairing is heard in the mid-tempo title track, a jaunty vocal mouthing words of romantic misery. The aftermath of rejection threads through many of these tunes, alternating between quests of forgiveness and solitary rejections of the outside world; even the blue-jazz pep-talk "Final Hour" is more an escape from lethargy than a trek towards self-empowerment.
The closing "Codeine Arms" bookends the opener's sense of doom with a consumptive plea that's closer to the ignominy of McCabe & Mrs. Miller's opium den than the desperation of Buffy St. Marie's "Cod'ine." Yesteryear jazz and blues vocalists, most obviously Billie Holiday, cast a spell over Jewell's vocals, but the rootsy support of her band tends more to Christy McWilson territory than Madeline Peyroux. The absence of direct folk and country influences gives this disc a distinct roots-rock sound that's more singularly focused than her previous releases. Jewell's a talented songwriter and compelling vocalist, but guitarist Jerry Miller may be the real hidden treasure here. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]
Description of Sea of Tears
The third record from Boise-ID singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell's Sea of Tears evokes the era of classic country and early British-invasion era blues rock .On her third album Eilen Jewell is more Dusty Springfield than Gillian Welch. Sea of Tears finds Jewell acknowledging her electric influences and the roots of rock and roll on the album's twelve tracks. On the record she pays homage to British invasion of the sixties, bands like The Kinks and The Animals; her forlorn, yet confident, delivery matches slow rock and resonant guitar sounds throughout the record. Although nine of the tracks are Jewell originals, the entire album could easily have been recorded over forty years earlier. Sea of Tears has a smooth sliding pace that is punctuated by a chill of sharp guitar and the tone can be summarized in the words of "Shakin' All Over." In the track, a cover of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates' recording, Jewell expertly explains the album's sound in the lyrics, "Quivers down the back bone...shakin' all over." The slow syncopation on the record hits the listener like ice water on a hot sunny day, unexpected but appreciated.
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