2007-01-15
On Joanna Newsom's second album, Ys (pronounced "ease"), she continues to move in a very different direction than her peers, and even a different one than what her audience might expect. The Milk-Eyed Mender's 12 gentle vignettes sounded like they were basking in sunlight; Ys is epic, restless, and demanding, made up of five dazzling, shape-shifting songs that range from seven to 16 minutes long.
Brett Martin Hoerner
Somewhere in Sonoma
GRANT PEEPLES AND THE PEEPLES REPUBLIC
Punishing The Myth
CHADWICK STOKES
Simmerkane II
Dirk Powell
Walking Through Clay
Allison Downey
Across The Sea
LEE HARVEY OSMOND
A QUIET EVIL
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