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Maybe I’m a bit jaded—the last CD I reviewed was Gwen Stefani’s L.A.M.B., a crime against America—but for me, Slowly but Surely, Holly Golightly??s eleventh (eleventh!) LP represents what’s best about indie music today. Golightly??s tired, careworn voice can have a similarly draining effect on anyone listening, and it certainly isn’t for everyone. Nor is it one of those go-to discs you leave in your CD player. Even if you enjoy her sublime, ageless music...
...swinging bass or, on the excellent second track “The Luckiest Girl,” some cool Hammond Organ grooves, but the star of the show is always the leading lady’s voice. And a limited, small instrument it is; like Billie Holiday, Golightly??s singing respects its own limitations. But, also like the late Lady Day, Golightly??s strengths within that small vocal range shine unexpectedly brightly. The sound is sexy and sultry, weary and cigarette-burnt, and makes the gems on this CD seem like 50-year-old standards...
This album is short, sweet and sad, and it lets Golightly??s art vibrate without cramping from grabby producers or nosy collaborators. She’s worked recently with the likes of Jack White, whose track “It’s True That We Love One Another” featured her as the third part of a musical ménage à trois with himself and fellow White Stripe Meg, but she’s still content to let her own talent speak for itself. And for the relative few who will be willing...
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