Album Review: Lo-Fi Sugar - The Divine Edit EP
September 20, 2007 – 9:24 pm | by Robert of the Radish
Back on August 15th I posted a review of the new Paul van Dyk album In Between.
Two of the stand-out tracks from that release, “Haunted” and
“Castaway” feature the vocals of Heather Pollock, who has her own
project titled Lo-Fi Sugar. And her EP The Divine Edit is available on Rhapsody.
The record is uncluttered and more consistent than what you’ll find on the Paul van Dyk LP. It’s simply produced, and devoid of over-reaching ideas and complexity. Instead, the music is a firm and steady understructure for Heather’s impish and devilishly sexy voice. Knowing what she does well, and capitalizing on it to the Nth degree, shows maturity. But The Divine Edit’s greatest asset, beside Heather’s perfect voice, is how it smolders and aches around the edges.
There are scents of divergent female vocalists in Heather’s voice, Fiona Apple, Björk, Belinda Carlisle. But it’s all smoothed over and dripping with sunlit honey. The vocals are the shining star here. The simplicity of the progressions and production go unnoticed for the simple fact that the vocals are so damn mesmerizing.
Indeed, Heather hit the nail on the head when she named the project Lo-Fi Sugar, because it’s exactly what her music is.
Tracklisting:
1. The Night Divine
2. Come On
3. Best Girl On The Lot
4. Eternal Spotless
5. Why Do Wolves
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