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艺人

Jessica Bailiff

语种

英语

厂牌

Kranky

发行时间

2002年10月21日

专辑类别

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专辑介绍

by Johnny Loftus

Bailiff departs from her collaborative union with Low for her self-titled third album, recording it at home with the help of area pals. Her vocals remain elaborately delicate -- her voice is like fine china that threatens the edge but never quite falls. &Swallowed& and &Hour of the Traces& both feature accompaniment from a weirdly-pitched instrument. It could be a fiddle, might be a harmonica, but it doesn't really matter which, as the overall effect is what's important here. Slowness; sadness; slight hope; lingering atmosphere. To that end, &Traces& approaches the fragile mysticism of Mary Timony, although Bailiff seems more enamored of Native American rhythms than she does medieval ghosts. That's definitely a fiddle wandering from the left to the right channel in &Big Hill,& as Bailiff's measured, mildly creepy vocal drones over top. In &Disappear,& the faraway washes of feedback and subtle tambourine doing their business underneath the Bailiff whispers. Other highlights include the prescient loop cut-ups of &Time Is an Echo,& as well as &Hiding Place&'s outsider folk hush. Bailiff's version of the slowcore/experimental idiom is always interesting, because she seems to have so many ways to keep things deathly quiet.