Tracey Thorn's solo album sounds pretty much like what it is--a transition from the ramshackle Marine Girls to the much more sophisticated Everything but the Girl. A Distant Shore is a low-key affair, simply played on delicate acoustic and electric guitars. The focal point, of course, is Tracey's voice and it is quite lovely as she ambles her way through eight understated originals and apropos covers of the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale" and Cole Porter's "Night & Day."
I stumbled on this back in the day when emusic was offering unlimited downloads as the subscription rate. I miss those days, damn. Um, this LP is nothing but her and layers of guitars and echo. Recorded in 1982, her thick, deep voice sounds almost callow here in her younger days, oh, and a kick ass Velvets cover. This resembles very little of her more recent work with _Everything But the ...
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I stumbled on this back in the day when emusic was offering unlimited downloads as the subscription rate. I miss those days, damn. Um, this LP is nothing but her and layers of guitars and echo. Recorded in 1982, her thick, deep voice sounds almost callow here in her younger days, oh, and a kick ass Velvets cover. This resembles very little of her more recent work with _Everything But the ...
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