Call Upon The Author

Cutting Through The Hype

Posted by Matt On June - 4 - 2009 2 Comments

A debut album, presented in a fifty page hardback book, if you’re thinking that’s a bit arrogant you’d be forgiven for your opinion. It’s a bold move certainly, but one that, once you’ve listened to Tallulah Rendall’s debut, begins to make sense. Production duties are handled by Marius De Vries, so expansive sound and wafting orchestration are to be expected, it’s a good match to Rendall’s other worldly music though. This isn’t an album to listen to on the move though, rather it’s a collection of songs that you need to sink into to fully absorb, best to settle down put this on the stereo of an evening and let the beauty of these tunes wash over you like lapping waves. Her best known track, previous single ‘Lay Me Down’ reveals a jazzy, sultry, but subtle vocal that brings to mind a much more adventurous Polly Scattergood and, like Polly, it’s hard to escape Kate Bush references. With so many female singer/songwriters appearing at the moment Tallulah has her work cut out to carve out a niche for herself, but if she carries on following her natural tendencies and ends up in the same markets as Joanna Newsom or even Regina Spektor she may well have a glittering career ahead of her.

3 Total TweetBacks: (Tweet this post)
  • en: I always get giddy when someone I admire responds to a email or tweet. Thanks @bradcalebkane ! Now I gotta put on "In Your Own Way"! 07/14/09 08:23am
  • en: jst wnt to go out wid frends.i dnt wnt 2go on romantic dates yet.CLEAR.or mayb i just dnt like the guy who's asking me out.hahaha 07/14/09 08:23am
  • en: You know how you stub your toe and you can't see or breath for a minute? Yeah, me neither. *fuck* 07/14/09 08:23am
Categories: Reviews

2 Responses

  1. CousaRoms says:

    Hi, Congratulations to the site owner for this marvelous work you’ve done. It has lots of useful and interesting data.

Leave a Reply

News

sandy_denny_24926t

NEWSFLASH: Details of Sandy De

Universal Music is pleased to announce the full track listing and final packaging for the ...

gianluca

COMPETITION!! Win Gianluca's A

Mixing his classical training with a love of the Tango, Gianluca Paganelli is an interesting ...

Bad Religion Dissent of Man pack shot_small

NEWSFLASH: Bad Religion To Rel

Celebrating three decades of influential, thought provoking and groundbreaking punk rock, Bad Religion will release ...

feeder

NEWSFLASH: Feeder Announce Fac

FEEDER have announced details of a competition on their Facebook Page. Fans are being given ...

wine vaults

SOUTHSEA FEST 2010: The Wine V

We're back with another Southsea fest update and we're headed to The Wine Vaults again. ...

Get Social