Snow & Voices are mixing their new album which will be released Spring 2010. New album was recorded by Darrell Thorp with musical contributions by; Lauri Kranz, Jebin Bruni, Joshua Grange, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Joey Waronker, Chris Bruce,
Jeffrey Cain, Gregory Slay, Cedric LeMoyne, Jennifer Condos, Blair Sinta, Brian MacLeod
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Tony Fletcher's Ijaming Top Ten Albums of 2008
SNOW & VOICES: WHAT THE BODY WAS MADE FOR (Elastic Ruby)
Second album from LA-based former solo singer Lauri Kranz, along with musical partner Jebin Bruni, producer/”architect” Darrell Thorp, and a team of musicians that includes Joey Waronker on percussion, improves substantially on their already impressive 2005 debut. Kranz’s keenly-enunciated voice can sound as frail as a feather in the wind, but the instrumentation – much of it in the form of electronic sound sculptures - toughens things up enough to lift Snow & Voices into territory partially occupied by Portishead. And while the lyrical content is frequently dark and dubious (“Hearts Were Made To Be Broken,” “Rainstorm”), the quality of the melodies and their arrangements ensures that the overall effect is one of solace and comfort. The cover of the Doors “Touch Me” is sublime.
Highlight: The finale “All I Want,” featuring only vocals and a distorted piano, and consumed lyrically by self-doubt and obsession, is a masterpiece, as fine a ballad as I heard last year. What makes it even more profound is that after several listens I still can’t tell if it’s a song about requited or unrequited love.
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CD's available now through our website;
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The album is also available for download on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, and more
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