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ecto-digest         Friday, September 26 2008         Volume 13 : Number 614



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  Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew; full review               [morayati@email.unc.edu]
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:20:13 -0400
From: morayati@email.unc.edu
Subject: Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew; full review

Apparently Lisa Hannigan's still pretty strongly tied to Damien Rice in 
some minds, but people (like me) who haven't heard a note of anything 
Rice has done will still enjoy this. The music ranges from tranquil 
folk tracks such as "Venn Diagram" and "Splishy Splashy" to more upbeat 
songs such as "Keep It All," with its prominent backbeat. And then 
there are songs that simply lodge themselves in your mind, like the 
lilting, sinuous "Pistachio." The numerous violin and cello parts keep 
this from becoming monotonous - check out the particularly gorgeous 
passage at the climax of "Teeth".

At its best, this album reminds me of some of the more orchestral songs 
on Stina Nordenstam's _The World Is Saved_. Stina's cloistered where 
Lisa is elusive (a subtle distinction, I know) but the albums share the 
same chamber-y, dreamlike feel.

Beautiful album art, too. Apparently Lisa stitched what would be the 
cover, then photographed it, wonderfully. I'm almost tempted to declare 
it Best Art of 2008 right now.

- -Sarah

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