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Catriona Irving : Running in Empathy / Hindsight -single- (UK,2006)****
This is a two track single of a promising new talented voice, with guitar.
The first track is a bit like an entertaining song for children, with a more "(big) girlish" voice. Girlish voices aren't necessarily "childish", but can be sweet and innocent and pure and unspoiled, also when dealing with creativity. "Running on Empathy" is a song with such an "empathy", a lovely lullaby, with rich feelings in the evolution of the song, singing more than with words alone. You get real colour pencils with the single, where, when you will daydream muse on the music, will be able to colour the black and white cover in the meantime (or make a photocopy and do that with each listen).
I'm sure that the relationship-related song, (saying in some way that if she's needed, you can count on her), "Hindsight", might bring some other female artists in mind, but also here is some clear voice and expression with a purity that is much more rare compared to all those associations, and from which I hope the qualities will be kept strong, during the development of her career. Very nice !
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