Kathleen Edwards - Failer
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Artist: Kathleen EdwardsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2003-01-14
Music Label: Zoe Records
Soundtracks:
- Six O?Clock News
- One More Song the Radio Won?t Like
- Hockey Skates
- The Lone Wolf
- 12 Bellevue
- Mercury
- Westby
- Maria
- National Steel
- Sweet Lil? Duck
Free Music Notes for Failer
Free Music Review: Sarah Harmer's younger sister
Hit: 5 Stars
For a more thorough review of this album, or for many other reviews check out http://twowaymonologues.blogspot.com
I like to think of Kathleen Edwards as Sarah Harmer's younger sister. They're both talented, young, female, Canadian singer-songwriters (how do you like them adjectives?). They're both working the pared-down songs, with their voices and an acoustic guitar being the main ingredients in each composition. They're both under the same manager. And they're both curly-heads, which supports my genetic theory.
If Kathleen Edwards is Sarah Harmer's musical little sister, she's the scrappy younger sibling. Both singers write about relationships gone wrong, but Edwards' are the sort that probably wouldn't have gone right in the first place, judging from the older men, slick music industry types and general drunks that pop up on her debut album, Failer. And given the frequent mentions of alcohol and bars, Edwards has lived a little harder than her fairly upper class childhood (her father is a Canadian diplomat) might indicate.
Failer is a strong debut album. It sounds like it came from an artist years older than Edwards, who was in her early 20s when it was released. First albums from young female artists are often drenched in pathos, filled with sad, victimized tales of lovers who done wrong and boys that got away. Edwards works some of that in -- she's wanting someone she can't have for one reason or another ("12 Bellvue") or trying to get rid of someone who won't leave her alone with her misery and her beer ("Hockey Skates").
When you consider that Edwards only started writing songs shortly after she finished high school, Failer's maturity is even more impressive. This is one of those rare albums where you don't have to skip a track. The songs seem simple on the first couple of listens -- and they are, in the best kind of way -- but the more you play the album, the more you notice the little touches that make them special. After great reviews, lots of touring and some good buzz at South by Southwest, Edwards is releasing a new album on March 1, 2005. Based on the strength of this recording, I'll be buying it on release day.
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