Dark Water

KATIE BLOUNT

SOME TAKE THREE OR MORE ALBUMS TO GET IT RIGHT BUT NOT THIS LONDON BASED CONTEMPORARY FOLK SINGER WHO IS VERY EASY ON THE EAR.

DARK WATERS

1, THE ALBUM KICKS OF WITH THE TITLE TRACK WHICH IS NOT SO COMMON BUT IT WORKS WITH THE COUNTRY / FOLK VIBE THAT YOU GET FROM KATIE'S VOCALS AND GUITAR WORK WITH A HINT OF SANDY DENNY OF THE FAIRPORT CONVENTION WHICH WILL PLEASE THOSE WHO LIKE GOOD BRITISH FOLK.

2, SHADOWLANDS, THIS IS MORE COUNTRY IN STYLE WITH SIMPLE LYRICS AND NICE HARMONICA FROM KATIE AS WELL AS GUITAR HOW BEST TO DESCRIBE SIMPLE BUT HONEST SINGING WELL IT IS JUST THAT.

3, THE ALCHEMY OF MODERN TIMES, THIS SONG HAS A BIT MORE OF A POLITICAL PROTEST VIBE ABOUT IT AND HINTS AT THE MISERY OF MODERN TIMES OF ASKING QUESTIONS TO WHICH YOU NO ANSWERS.

4, TAP DANCING TO THE BLUES, THIS IS MOST DEFINITE IN THE COUNTRY AREA ALMOST A LONG LOST LOVE OR IS IT MORE MELANCHOLIC.

5, THE AMERICAN SONG, IS MORE COUNTRY POP BUT STILL AMAZING KATIE PUTS PASSION AND A LITTLE SADNESS IN HER VOCALS AND AS EVER HER GUITAR KEEPS UP A FOOT TAPPING RHYTHM AND DRUM IN THE BACK GROUND.

6, ABANDONED LOVE, AS THE TITLE SAYS A LOVE NO MORE MUCH SADNESS AND MELANCHOLY IN BOTH VOICE AND GUITAR BUT THE LYRICS DRAW YOU ON THE JOURNEY.

7, THEATRE CAFE, TAKES ME TO THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND THE SMOKY TIMES WHEN THE AIR WAS THICK WITH SMOKE FROM THE CUSTOMERS BUT ALSO A DREAMY QUALITY OF A ROMANCE.

8, THE LOST CONVERSATION, THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT START AND STOP AND START WITH FRIENDS OR STRANGERS (OR IN YOUR OWN HEAD WHERE YOU CAN PRETEND TO BE SOME ONE ELSE) AND SOOTHING VOCALS FROM KATIE.

9, ORION SKY, QUESTIONS IS THERE NOTHING AT THE END OR DO THOSE MEMORIES FADE AT YOUR END BUT ALSO ASK CAN I COME WITH YOU IF YOUR NOT COMING BACK.

TO SAY KATIE HAS SOME THING EXTRA IS AN UNDER STATEMENT. ON THIS ALBUM SHE TAKES YOU ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT JOURNEYS WITH HER SOOTHING VOCALS AND GUITAR . ALL THE SONGS ARE WRITTEN AND RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY HER . IT IS IN MY OPINION THE SORT OF ALBUM YOU CAN PUT ON IN THE CAR TO SING ALONG TO OR IF YOU HAVE HAD A BAD DAY IN THE OFFICE PUT ON THE STEREO AND LISTEN THROUGH HEADPHONES. AND FOR A DEBUT ALBUM YOU GET NINE WELL CRAFTED SONGS, SHE ALSO HAS AN AMAZING WEBSITE AND IS ON FACEBOOK. TO SUM UP WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS ALBUM? IN A HEART BEAT I WOULD. AS EASY TO LISTEN TO FOR ALL AGES

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