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Ooo...where to begin. She's a fine lyricist for one thing. One of her techniques is to have three lines of internal rhyme + enjambement, to explain an extended metaphor, as seen in Lost in Space. Although her lyrics often deal with dysfunctional relationships, some of her songs contain tones of resilience, and real fight, like I Should've Known.
Then there's the sheer emotional poignancy of her work. "Calling on Mary" has the line "Comfort's not possible when/You see past the joy to the end". If you hear it in context it might just send a shiver down your spine.
I'd check out "The Forgotten Arm" if you're looking for a more 'live' sound. On her prior albums, she'd changed the guitar songs round from one song to the next. On TFA, she tried to keep as much consistency in terms of instrumentation from one song to the next, to reflect the main characters in the films' sense of being on the road, travelling round America. |
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