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.
RALPH STANLEY
A Distant Land To Roam
Colin Linden
Rich In Love
JOY KILLS SORROW
Darkness Sure Becomes This City
OTIS GIBBS
Grandpa Walked a Picketline
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Delerium Tremelos
JOHN MCVEY
UNPREDICTABLE
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