Marit Larsen album preview, day three: "Ten Steps"

[koganbot]

Now more directly into country - though still not very direct. Starts w/ plinks and drones from darkest Scots-Irish Appalachia, but the music stays resolutely upbeat and major key, refusing the journey into pentatonic mysteries. So the hint of menace subsides, and it's up to the words alone to carry the sorrow. "Just in case you haven't noticed, I'm about to break your heart, or so I hope," sung with a la-di-da lilt. "Ten steps from your bed to your door, ten steps and I'll see you no more..." Strings add riffs as we go onward, and then she commands the guy to stay still, and all that's left is an orchestral chord holding itself with the dignity and sadness that the music hadn't previously allowed.

(She's previewing the new songs one per day on her MySpace.)

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[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Must have missed this. This one's a ukelele lilt, tip-toes puckishly..."my heart, it ain't gettin' younger." Her love's a razorblade, and then comes the zither. A film noir fairy tale.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

(Re: "Steal My Heart," starts to gush after the intro of the zither, of course. Really really loving these songs so far.)