There
are records that inspire you, records that make you jump up and
down, records that tears your heart out… and of course,
records that nauseate you. And then, there are those special records
that feel so intimate, so pure and so astonishingly gorgeous that
you feel as if you have the artist sat in the room with you, opening
their heart and giving you a private insight into something you
have no right in seeing.
That’s very much the case with this breathtakingly lovely
five track EP from Jenny Gillespie, who blends quiet, dreamy acoustic
folk ballads with a quiet pop sensibility. From opener Creature
of Our Make on, this is a flawless collection of intimate, haunting
and gorgeous songs that are so stripped down and chilled out that
they almost become ambient. Gillespie’s near-whispered vocals
(backed by Sam Amidon) float over a deceptively complex yet entirely
accessible folk rock backing that takes in hints of prog and moments
of unsettling eeriness to create a remarkably warm, deeply personal
sounding record.
This is magnificent stuff – defying easy categorisation,
playing with genres without being smug about it, and creating
music that is crushingly beautiful, Jenny Gillespie has come up
with a bit of a masterpiece here.
There
are records that inspire you, records that make you jump up and
down, records that tears your heart out… and of course,
records that nauseate you. And then, there are those special records
that feel so intimate, so pure and so astonishingly gorgeous that
you feel as if you have the artist sat in the room with you, opening
their heart and giving you a private insight into something you
have no right in seeing.
