Musik / folk

Death had quicker wings than love


Anmeldelser (3)


The guardian

d. 24. sep. 2017

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Neil Spencer

d. 24. sep. 2017

"Forlorn, dreamy folk - member of Yorkshire's Waterson/Carthy folk dynasty, Marry sings in a style reminiscent of her late mother, Lal, and her aunt Norma; strong but plaintive, with a tendency to wistfulness that comes through on this set of originals around the theme of loss. David A Jaycock's intricate acoustic guitar provides a sweet foil, creating a dreamy atmosphere on New Love Song and a title track about a maiden's death. Producer Adrian Utley (of Portishead) is content to keep things simple".


Mojo

2017 November

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Martin Aston

2017 November

"James Yorkston once called guitarist David Jaycock "an underground psychedelic freakball" but the latter is actually a master of understatement. Likewise Adrian "Portishead" Utley's production: a Moog here or an E-bow or zither there add shivery details to the main fare. And as the Waterson family are wont to do, Marry serves the song, not the singer. She shares her mother Lal's timbre - "earthy, dreamlike, war, powerful and jagged" (...) - which suits the piercing grace of these original songs ... [An] exquisite dark jewel".


fRoots

2017 December

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Colin Irwin

2017 December

"You switch on, slide in the CD, press play - and something strange, unfamiliar and almost miraculous emerges. The Marry Waterson voice, for one, is immediately swarming all over you with its rich mix of wonder, enchantment and weirdness, spilling out odd words and phrases with no immediately obvious form over melodies that seem to gurgle up from the bowels of an earth of no known provenance ... [Besides David A Jaycock], the most significant collaborator here (...), has to be Portishead's Adrian Utley, who has produced the album and somehow contrived to create a sound that feels close enough to touch and taste. It's often weirdly bleak - obviously - but strangely hypnotic, too, and perfectly in step with both the striking Waterson voice and the disquieting references to garlands and graveyards that stem from the old English themes".