Camera Obscura Records
Saint Joan : The Wrecker's Lantern (UK/HU/F,2007)**°
Saint Joan delivers strummed pop with amplified guitar, relaxed bass, moody violin, soft drums which have a live-on-stage sound (-the session was performed and professionally recorded live-). This is a recognisable sound, which is slightly lonely-melancholic without dripping in emotions. The songwriter seems to be inspired, as if by a view, relaxed in chair, telling her not immediately revealing focused stories from being consciously occasional and random visitor of things. The accompanying group has a fine and warm harmonic sound, but does not take any musical risks, instead confirms completely its stream of mood and consciousness, with a linear dreaminess, slumbering but with a still focused thought-provoking mood, changing with some up and down forms. Last track is an alternative country-song, which isn't the most original closer I can imagine for this, for the rest more slowly revealing release.
PS. I chose "December" as the most outstanding track for airplay.
