![]() ![]() “Is there anyone left at this point who doesn’t, on some level, want to be Rosalía? Musically this is a love letter. As noted by those who can describe what he does so well (better than I): His project as Whitten and finds him collaborating with poets. From the onset, as you step into the oddly curious sounds of "lie to me" with the choppy percussiveness and vocal maqamat-esque melodies (that curl around Mid-Eastern and even (maybe) traditional Japanese music tones) you feel less like you are listening to a song and more like you are witnessing performance art.Īt the core, the sonic seedling is the accomplished UK composer, multi-instrumentalist Jon Whitten (guitar, ukulele, bass, keyboards, hammered dulcimer, voice, percussion) whose grand foray blending classical, jazz, pop, folk and more has found him working with so many other creative artists. ![]() But I will not get overwhelmed in the details. Freaking out because I actually don't know how to review this, not because at times I feel like I have bouts of emotional dyslexia, or that trying to describe what I am hearing will get me lost in a plunge pool of internet sleuthing which I tend to do when trying to find comparisons. I might be freaking out a tiny bit as I listen to "lie to me" from the artfully askew Whitten and Williams. ![]() "lie to me, (do it sweetly), lie to me, (if you love me)." ![]()
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