Ron Sexsmith - Retriever
(Nettwerk, 2004)
After
dabbling in the digital wizardry of drum loops and dissonant keyboards
on 2002's Cobblestone Runway, Sexsmith returns with an elegiac yet
hopeful piano-and-strings pop record that's somehow akin to the organic
feel and execution of his earliest work, while also richer in texture
and scope. His gift for melody remains inexhaustible and his lyrics tap
into the soul-sustaining intimacy of relationships--even in the face of
the most dire moods. "They're in the business of panic and control," he
sings on the subversively optimistic "From Now On," "we're in the
business of the heart, and of the soul." It's a paradoxical
endeavor--for Sexsmith, joy and sorrow are always fused in the truest
feelings--but never merely sentimental. Even without their stirring
arrangements, these empathic, plainspoken songs would qualify as soul
music in the deepest sense.
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8/26/2007 |
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