Author: Diane, Alela

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 17-06-2014

Details: Amazon.ca Now here's a lovely surprise. A singer-songwriter who hails from Nevada City, California, and currently resides in Portland, Oregon, Alela Diane Menig has a voice that seems far older than her early-twenty-something years. This version of her second album has been newly mastered, slightly truncated, and resequenced: the changes are all for the better. But if you've not heard her before, that's cool; her early releases were all on her own CD-R label. Her sing-songy tunes are honest and earthy, her diction intense and mannered but never pretentious. It's hard to believe this crisp recording was made in a home studio. The songs--plaintive vocals accompanied by a slight guitar and backing vocals, often little else--seem situated perfectly between the parlor and the campfire. Alela's a talented vocalist, in the vein of Josephine Foster, Regina Spektor, and Jolie Holland. At times she even approaches the heights of Karen Dalton and Joni Mitchell. More soon, please! --Mike McGonigal Product Description Holocene Music is honored to present the debut release from stunningly talented singer and songwriter Alela Diane. In 2003 she began teaching herself guitar and writing her first songs, blending tense, trance-like arpeggios with warm, thick vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature. The songs on THE PIRATE'S GOSPEL were written during a trip to Europe and recorded in her father's studio. Originally available only in hand-stitched limited runs, this pressing marks the first time THE PIRATE'S GOSPEL has been made available to stores.

UPC: 751937292227

EAN: 0751937292227

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood