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I've posted some of Basia's songs before (find em on my mog page if you wish) but this one found it's way into my shuffle this morning and made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck Enjoy!
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Basia Bulat
Oh, My Darling
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AMG Review of Oh, My Darling
Marisa Brown
All Music GuideBasia Bulat had already made quite a splash in Britain and her native Canada before her full-length debut, Oh, My Darling, even made it out to the United States. And it's easy to see why she's been so popular. She has an easygoing, friendly style that borrows heavily from the chick-rock craze of the 1990s, songs full of warm melodies and sweet vocals. But where someone like Natalie Merchant was able to delve into the complexities of life and love intelligently and without relying too much on sentimentality or cliché, Bulat's lyrics and instrumental lines aren't quite able to push past those barriers. Instead, it is her singing that is the most appealing thing about Oh, My Darling, an alluring, folky vibrato-filled mix of the aforementioned Natalie Merchant, Antony Hegarty, fellow Canadian Serena Ryder, and even, strangely enough, Ted Leo, whose phrasing and melodic lines she mimics in songs like "Snakes and Ladders" and "Little One." Although most of the album doesn't quite match the strength of her voice, occasionally she manages to find that space where polish meets sincerity and originality, as in "Birds of Paradise," in which the twinkling piano actually seems appropriate and is not overused. With moments of clean pop honesty, Oh, My Darling is certainly an inoffensive offering.
Free Stream: Basia Bulat's "Snakes and Ladders"
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during my lunch break i like to split my time wandering through the dual catacombs known popularly as borders and amoeba music. while at borders i often wander the back stacks, lost in oversized coffee table books of art by obscure artists, in a sea of graphic novels, each one a new world just waiting for me to populate it, or better yet in the maze of travel books and guides, each giving me a...
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during my lunch break i like to split my time wandering through the dual catacombs known popularly as borders and amoeba music. while at borders i often wander the back stacks, lost in oversized coffee table books of art by obscure artists, in a sea of graphic novels, each one a new world just waiting for me to populate it, or better yet in the maze of travel books and guides, each giving me a...
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Stream Track: Basia Bulat's "I Was A Daughter"
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It seems like every year an indie chantreuse pops up and takes everyone by storm (think Feist) while a more complicated, equally impressive female vocalist gets relatively unnoticed (think St. Vincent).I have the feeling Basia will find herself in that second category - but that's certainly nothin' to be ashamed of.
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Basia Bulat is good on stage.
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I saw Basia Bulat open for "Final Fantasy":/music/Final_Fantasy on Sunday night. (Owen Pallett's former bandmade Nifty was the first opener, but lets not talk about him ok? Overheard after his set, in a regretful tone, "I passed up a turd sandwich to be here tonight, man!")So Basia was quite a relief! She was not what I was expecting-- she didn't sound like an indie singer-songwriter much at al...
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Free Stream: Basia Bulat's "Snakes and Ladders"
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I've posted some of Basia's songs before (find em on my mog page if you wish) but this one found it's way into my shuffle this morning and made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck Enjoy!
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Basia Bulat - Oh My Darling
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Tracklist: 01. Before I Knew 02. I Was A Daughter 03. Little Waltz 04. December 05. Snakes And Ladders 06. Oh, My Darling 07. Little One 08. Why Can't It Be Mine 09. The Pilgrimming vine 10. La-Da-Da 11. Birds Of Paradise 12. A Secret Genre: Folk/Singer Songwriter Website: Myspace | Buy! Release Date: 2007-04-30 Label: Rough Trade US
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