Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now on CD

Description

Make what you will of Scout Niblett's voice, but you can't help but admire her confidence in it. Sure that she can survive the harshest of aural terrains, the Brighton-born songstress is quite happy to pit her vocals against jutting, angry drums and bursts of obtrusive guitar. Unlike other female singers who turn to computer production programs to sweeten their harmonies, Scout uses them to make her music coarser. It's an effect which takes some getting used to, but it certainly gives Scout's music a raw, spontaneous feel. And few could deny there's character in the way the thick, sludgy power-chords strike without warning, rousing any headphone-listeners lulled by Scout's murmur, or the way the naked drum-rhythms potter nervously, as if they share our uncertainty at what might be coming next. This Fool Can Die Now is Niblett's fourth album, bolder and broader than her previous releases. While the cyclonic buzz of 'Hide and Seek' or the crowded din of 'Let Thine Heart Be Warmed' might sound like another tribute to Niblett's hero Kurt Cobain, tracks like 'Baby Emma' see Scout let loose with uninhibited wail, showing a childlike aversion to grungy angst. What holds this album together is a sense that Scout is finally establishing her own musical identity. As for those irritating transatlantic comparisons to Cat Power, This Fool Can Die Now won't kill them off overnight, but at least it'll give people a bit more to talk about. Scout Niblett ist wieder da und beehrt uns mit ihrem vierten Album "This Fool Can Die Now". Das ist mal eine Ansage! Scout holte sich für dieses Album Verstärkung ins Boot - der große Will Oldham (aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy), der als Scouts Duettpartner auf 4 Stücken (2 davon Cover) zu hören ist. "This Fool Can Die Now" wurde in Steve Albinis berühmtem Electrical Audio Studio mit Kristian Goddard und Chris Saligoe als Rhytmus Section aufgenommen. Gleich beim ersten Track "Do You Wanna Be Buried With My People" bilden Scouts trauervoller Appell und Will Oldhams gefühlvolle Vocals die perfekte Symbiose, so d man sich auch fragt, wie sie zuvor ohne einander existieren konnten. Von dem leidenschaftlichen "Baby Emma" und dem klagenden "Nevada" über die lauten gitarrigen Stücke "Let Thine Heart Be Warmed" und "Your Last Chariot", ist "This Fool Can Die Now" ein Gesamtkunstwerk von 14 Songs, das ein Spektrum von geladenen Emotionen von Sehnsucht und Trauer zu Resignation und Akzeptanz durchläuft: Schön anzuhörende Eigenwilligkeit, Musik als ausufernder Spaziergang mit vielen Pausen, Ausfallschritten, Reisespielchen.

TRACKS

Disk 1 - Track 1-Do You Want To Be Buried With My People?
Disk 1 - Track 2-Kiss
Disk 1 - Track 3-Moon Lake
Disk 1 - Track 4-Let Thine Heart Be Warmed
Disk 1 - Track 5-Your Last Chariot
Disk 1 - Track 6-Black Hearted Queen
Disk 1 - Track 7-River of No Return
Disk 1 - Track 8-Nevada
Disk 1 - Track 9-Baby Emma
Disk 1 - Track 10-Yummy
Disk 1 - Track 11-Dinosaur Egg
Disk 1 - Track 12-Hide and Seek
Disk 1 - Track 13-Comfort You
Disk 1 - Track 14-Fishes And Honey