Miranda Lee Richards - Herethereafter

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Free Music Review: Sweet Melancholy
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"The Herethereafter," Miranda Lee Richard's first album, however, should go a long way to showing that Beauty isn't always a Beast when it comes to talent. Despite the fact that the soft, psychedelic-tinged folk rock of the album makes it clear that her musical homeland is obviously the Sixties, Richards is nevertheless one of the freshest-sounding singer-songwriters out there.

With a soft, sweet, sirenesque voice that is both sensual and relaxing, adorning beautiful melodies, her music has obvious appeal anywhere, but how about her lyrics? Wistful, poetic, and intelligent, they skillfully set off the delicate aural textures of her music and voice.

While Richards' melodies are mellifluous there is also a strong strain of melancholy in her songs. The hypnotic "Folkin' Hell," is, according to Richards, about a woman whose strength and self-reliance ultimately leaves her feeling lonely. While the song she claims was the hardest to write, the wrenching "Seven Days," was her attempt to write about drug addiction in a way that didn't seem preachy.

Unless you're lucky enough to think life is a beach party, a beautiful blonde chirping away cheerfully about the joys of life can become rather irritating, so this element of melancholy in her music strikes just the right balance. After all, as she said in one interview, "I think that almost all the best songs have that melancholy factor."

Light enough to be uplifting, but with enough dignity and sadness to anchor it to the real world, her music represents an achievement that many a more experienced musician would find difficult to pull off. "The Herethereafter" goes a long way to disproving the popular theory that equates beauty with air-headedness.

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