The Waifs - Sundirtwater
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Artist: The WaifsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-04
Music Label: Compass Records
Soundtracks:
- Pony
- Sun Dirt Water
- Vermillion
- How Many Miles
- Without You
- Sad Sailor Song
- Get Me Some
- Eternity
- Sweetest Dream
- Goodbye
- Stay
- Love Let Me Down
- Feeling Sentimental
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Free Music Review: The Waifs seem to have lost it :(
Hit: 1 Stars
I adore the Waifs more than anything- I always eagerly anticipate their albums for unique lyrics, incredible vocals and just seriously fun music from an incredibly talented group. This album was a huge disappointment- I bought it when it came out and have only listened to the entire album the first time and since then play only selected tracks and consider clawing out my eyes when Stay comes on- that song is horrific. Pony and Sad Sailor Song are the only two I actually want to listen to regularly. I was annoyed by the retread of Without You- been there. I understand that bands need to grow and develop- but unfortunately in this effort, the Waifs threw out everything that makes their music enjoyable (with the exceptions of Pony and Sailor, perhaps by accident).
For those new to the Waifs, I fell in love with them listening to Sink or Swim- a great example of their strengths. When Up All Night came out, I'll admit I was at first disappointed it was quite a bit more mellow than Sink or Swim, but upon further listening became addicted to it- it's a very deep and beautiful album. Purchase either of those two (or A Brief History is excellent as well). And to Vicki, Donna and Josh- I hope ya'll find your charm again.
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Sun Dirt Water is an album born of time and distance. The geographic space between singer-songwriters Donna Simpson, Vikki Thorn and Josh Cunningham, and the long hiatus since their last studio triumph, Up All Night, created a kind of vacuum that these new songs could hardly wait to fill.We had more songs to choose from than we ve ever had, says Josh. We ended up recording 21 or 22, so the hardest part by far was working out what to leave out and what fit together, to give the fans something that has some unity and variety and still represents where we ve come to.
Vikki agrees. "This was by far the most difficult Waifs album, in terms of finding cohesion with our different songwriting styles. But for that reason I feel it's our most interesting and risky album to date."
It's Vikki who sets the bar with the title track. "Sun Dirt Water" is a worldly, seductive groove that meanders between styles with insouciant authority slinky jazz, elegant country, smoky blues and effortlessly nails what Josh calls "our finest recorded moment to date."
"I think the recording has a really great energy to it and the vocal is the best vocal on any Waifs record. It really sets the tone for the album for me cause it has that great, liberated energy and expression in it."
From the darkly evocative storytelling of Donna's "Vermillion" and "Sad Sailor Song" to Josh's upbeat country spiritual Eternity, this sense of liberation runs an exquisitely loose thread through the Waifs' fifth album.
The eerie introspection of "Love Let Me Down," the gleeful, organ-fuelled pop of Stay, the electric riff rock of "No Such Thing As Goodbye" and the old-time ukulele thrum of Sentimental are worlds apart stylistically, but they spring from the same well of timeless roots influences and an instinct for collaborative expression that only comes with years traveling the same road.
2007 album from this Australian trio. Sun Dirt Water is an album born of time and distance. The geographic space between singer-songwriters Donna Simpson, Vikki Thorn and Josh Cunningham, and the long hiatus since their last studio triumph, Up All Night, created a kind of vacuum that these new songs could hardly wait to fill. The title track. 'Sun Dirt Water' is a worldly, seductive groove that meanders between styles with insouciant authority - slinky Jazz, elegant Country, smoky Blues - and effortlessly nails what Josh calls "our finest recorded moment to date. From the darkly evocative storytelling of Donna's 'Vermillion' and 'Sad Sailor Song' to Josh's upbeat Country spiritual, 'Eternity', this sense of liberation runs an exquisitely loose thread through the Waifs' fifth album. Jarrah.
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