Kate Sikora
Grace in Rotation
© 2005 Kate Sikora (837101060882)
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Kate Sikora's "Grace in Rotation" is best summed up as quirky indie folk rock with bitter sweet and sincere lyrics. She's a song bird flitting between warm bassy tones, casio keys, and crunchy guitars. Perfect for whatever mood you're in.
tracks
- 1 10 Hours
- 2 Usually
- 3 Down
- 4 Swallowed by the Ocean
- 5 The Parade
- 6 Leaving Shore
- 7 Queen Anne
- 8 Venus
- 9 Wonderful Princess
- 10 Window Reflection
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notes
Kate Sikora is the middle child in a middle class family from a blue-collar suburb in New Jersey. However, there is nothing middling or blue-collared about her music. Much of who she is and what she does is the result of having such a musical and artistic family. Her mother, a beauty in a wildly painted VW bug, caught her father's eye in the 70's. He set out to win her heart by sending her strange and colorful love letters while she was away at college. Like those letters, Kate's songs are like strange and colorful messages to the world. Whether she's comparing herself to a perpetually broken-hearted princess ("Wonderful Princess") or singing an ode to a drag queen ("Venus"), her music is universal and easy to relate to. "Grace in Rotation" has finally arrived after 6 years of writing, performing, dreaming, and working to pay for it! "Grace" has been Kate's mantra from her first breath and the years thus far encompass the "rotation" of experiences, changes, successes and disappointments that shape this music and this artist. It is the first of many musical ventures to come from this talented chanteuse!
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simply amazing work
author: Skot MeyerKate is one of the best singer/songwriters I know of. "Grace In Rotation" is one awesome album, from driving upbeat pop to folk with amazing lyrics. I recommend this CD to anyone.
Something Pretty, Something New
author: BANKYXI've had this CD for a few weeks, and it STAYS in rotation, either in raw disc form or MP3. It's the kind of CD that gets stuck in your head, and you wake up with a line or two (or a riff or two) play in your brain each day. Very awesome, solid album both sonicly and lyrically. Please help support Kate so she can get another album out, because if this debut says anything, it's that she has a lot more to offer.
Something Pretty, Something New
author: BANKYXI've had this CD for a few weeks, and it STAYS in rotation, either in raw disc form or MP3. It's the kind of CD that gets stuck in your head, and you wake up with a line or two (or a riff or two) play in your brain each day. Very awesome, solid album both sonicly and lyrically. Please help support Kate so she can get another album out, because if this debut says anything, it's that she has a lot more to offer.
eclectic mix of strong tunes with a quirky edge!
author: SoupyDuckFrom the grungy opening of '10 hours' to the lo-fi close of 'Windows' this record cant fail to please. The strongest tracks for me lie with the acoustic meanderings that take ya places ya only wish were more familiar! Warmed by cello and really nice harmonies, they stand out as quirky and original with great imagery provided not only by the music but the lyrics also! Saying that, the more grungier tunes aren't dated whatsoever and point to bands like My Bloody Valentine and Pixies! All in all you'll be won over by this! Good stuff!
Endlessly catchy, endlessly innovative
author: Geoff BakerI've had this CD for a few months now and am still impressed with the simultaneously innovative and yet classically catchy feel of it. There are live drums on some songs, old-school drum machines on others, crunchy guitars on some and sweet acoustic finger-picking on others, but the entire project is anchored by a feeling that there's one artistic voice behind all the songs, no matter how versatile. Kate's voice is arresting; it has the occasional hushed breathiness of Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) or Astrud Gilberto, but it's as nimble as Joni Mitchell's. My faves are "10 Hours," a rocking road trip, and "Wonderful Princess."
AMAZINGTINGLES!
author: Gabby YoungThis album has blown me away. Every song is vocally and melodically strong and incredibly catchy. Kate voice is beautiful, unique and wonderfully quirky and her lyrics are spot on making this one of my favourite albums ever I can't get enough of it. BUY THIS NOW YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED!
inspiring uplifting peices of music composed by broken folky princess.
author: Eric SunburyAfter first hearing Kate Sikora's "Grace in Rotation" I thought "Now this is somthing I have long been waiting to hear for a long time." Kate's voice is somthing like a breath of fresh air. Her lyrics tell stories in a way that inspire and her words flow in a way that is, in fact, graceful. Lyrics like "I'm so tired of waiting around, I'm dressed to the nines, I'm wearing my gown." roll off her tounge in such a warm and honest way you can't help but fall in love with her. The album sounds a little somthing like the girl next door mutated into a Kind of Jersey rocker singing the kind of songs that get deep inside your head. From the power chord road trip sound of "10 hours" to the semi-folk- fall in love with me please sound of "wonderful princess" ending on the song "window reflection" wich really takes the subtle stupid things in life and mixes them just right with a cello, to end the journey through Kates head. This album is what an ablum should be in every way. If you think the album seems a little short, trust me, you'll find the songs running through your head, and your cd player more times than you can count. You will not be dissapointed by "Grace in Rotation" You will be inspired by it.