This CD has been in my car CD player since I bought it several months ago. It's become part of my commute to and from work, and every listen brings out something I didn't hear before. This CD has that special quality to "get you" emotionally too, hitting the soul the way only good music can. I've actually went back and bought more of these just to give to family and friends to turn them on to this wonderful sound. I can't recommend this CD highly enough, its a music purchase you won't regret making.
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Talk about an album that will get inside your head. Christina Horn may not be the first woman to pound on a piano while forcefully delivering confrontational lyrics in a hauntingly beautiful voice, but she definitely does it her own way. Really. These ten songs sound like little else, and make no mistake: that's a compliment. Beginning with the propulsive-yet-cynical "Fade," this three-piece (she's backed by a tremendous drummer and guitarist/bassist) jumps right into it, thumping on makeshift percussion (trash cans make an appearance here) and relying on rhythms that are strong, but loose enough to fit deeply into grooves. Tracks like "I Gave It All" and "Rattled" are slightly more subdued, but Horn's voice fills the songs so full that they never threaten to slow things down. It ends up being hard to keep track of all the instruments used on this album (there are a bunch of guest musicians), and that only works to make it an even more unique listening experience. There is so much to ingest during the course of these tracks that it'll keep you playing it over and over. So get to it.
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