Sunday, 12 January 2020

Sofie Reed - Simplicity Chased Trouble Away, album review


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Stomp-box, Slide, Sass, Sweden, Synonym for harmonica – the alliterative trick broke down eventually, but the Sustained [that was the last one] blues of this 2012 album is excellent, a simple but perfectly singular focus on Sofie Reed as fine vocalist and guitarist and harp player, this occasionally supported with a gospel-esque chorus as on Open.

Second track Leaving this Morning is particularly punchy with the harp bursts and electric guitar plucks, that vocal chorus in a call/response mode on the song title. Slide and perhaps a more folk-based slant is conveyed in the third which is the album's title track. Human Every Day is swathed in a sweet layering of background vocal accompaniment. A blissful slow slide is matched to a shimmering hummed gospel chorus on Peace Loving You – this is beautiful in its solemnity. 


Yes, there were more Ss, but that's writing.

You can listen to and get here.

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