Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
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Artist: Laura MarlingEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2008-08-19
Music Label: Astralwerks
Soundtracks:
- Ghosts
- Old Stone
- Tap at My Window
- Failure
- You're No God
- Cross Your Fingers
- Crawled out of the Sea (Interlude)
- My Manic and I
- Night Terror
- Captain and the Hourglass
- Shine
- Your Only Doll (Dora)
Music reviews of Alas I Cannot Swim
Music Review: Impressive Debut
Rating: 4 Stars
Gobsmacked, am I , to discover this recording is by an 18 year-old. The sound of the arrangements and the depth of writing reveals a maturity, I doubt even Joni possessed at this age. Hardly the narcissistic bleatings that are the repetitive strain of the teen idiom. Not a weak link amongst the lot. Definitely a talent to watch, nurture and enjoy.
Description of Alas I Cannot Swim
2008 debut album from the young British Folk singer/songwriter who will appeal to fans of Kirsty Maccoll, Linda Thompson and Kate Nash. Although not legally old enough to buy a drink, this darling of the Art-Folk circuit has been selling out clubs and garnering critical acclaim. Her gentle Folk songs are haunting, cool and personable. With talent to back up the critical hype that is just beginning, Marling is savvy enough to have released an album that stands tall above the other female singer/songwriters on the scene today. 12 tracks including the single 'Ghosts'. Virgin.Reading-based songstress Laura Marling has been likened to veteran folksters Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez. Despite such hyperbolic accolades, her entry into the crowded world of young female singer-songwriters has been remarkably hushed and wonderfully organic. Having started writing songs at the age of 15, Marling's success has been achieved not by shouting, but by whispering her way through the ranks. Perhaps because of her youth--she turned 18 just before releasing this Alas, I Cannot Swim--Marling has an understated yet accomplished manner that just doesn't grate like some of her peers. Plus her songs are good--very good. Backed by imaginative arrangements from leftfield acoustic outfit Noah and the Whale, the tracks here are often coyly charming, though far from na?ve. Marling digs impressively deep into all kinds of universal topics, from religion and parents to love and romance. Lead single "Ghosts" introduced to many her soft, alluring vocal style, and other songs here share the same sense of intimacy, even if they differ thematically and musically. Things are kept simple throughout (think acoustic strums and a homespun delivery), but there are subtle and beautiful contrasts throughout; the Beirut-esque carnival aura of "Crawled out of the Sea" and the brooding "Night Terror", for example, which provide darker counterpoints to airier fare like the folksy title track and the compelling "My Manic & I". Disarming yet deep, provocative yet peaceful, Alas places Marling head and shoulders above the bawlers and wailers. --Paul Sullivan
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