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Next month, piano songstress Vanessa Carlton will return with her first album in four years, Rabbits on the Run. I was lucky enough to get an early listen to the album, and I can positively say that it is very, very good.Completely self-financed by Vanessa herself, and recorded analog style on tape with producer Steve Osbourne (KT Tunstall, Peter Gabriel), Rabbits on the Run is the least-commercial and most organic sounding record of Carlton’s career. The piano-pop you’re used to from her can be heard again on the album’s lead single “Carousel”, but for the most part, Rabbits on the Run is far more abstract and atmospheric.There’s a multitude of different styles on the album, but they’re all woven together to create one, cohesive body of work. The gorgeous “Dear California” sounds like a 1970s road trip condensed into a summery song, while “Tall Tales For Spring” contains one of the most enrapturing melodies Vanessa’s ever created. “Hear the Bells” is one of the album’s standouts, with haunting production and an eerie, ethereal vocal delivery.The beautifully honest “I Don’t Want to be a Bride” is another shining moment, with Vanessa singing about not wanting to tie the knot (as you probably gathered from the title). “But I don’t wanna be a bride / apologies to your mother / I wanna be your girl / and spend this life with you / but I don’t wanna wear white / when you know it’s too late for that / but can we keep the ever after?”The album’s ominous closing track “In the End” is just downright unsettling. Backed by a chilling orchestra and vintage keys, Carlton’s filtered vocals echoes through like something you’d hear in some kind of bad, lonely dream — it’s something you won’t understand until you actually hear it for yourself.Rabbits on the Run marks a true evolution for Vanessa Carlton. She’s retained some of her old pop sensibilities, but overall the record really takes her sound into a whole new sphere — both vocally and sonically. Long time fans should appreciate the maturity and growth in her sound, but most of all, Rabbits has the opportunity to attract a whole new group of Carlton lovers, who may have previously found her old music too poppy.Rabbits on the Run drops on June 21st through indie label Razor & Tie. Check out the music video for the album’s first single “Carousel” below.
Wonder why they're all hatin' on In The End.. I think it sounds interesting.
Quote from: WhiteRabbit on May 28, 2011, 11:39:33 amWonder why they're all hatin' on In The End.. I think it sounds interesting. The second person said "unsettling" which I take as a compliment though! I think if you felt nothing then it would be an awful song. It seems to be one that will give us chills!
Quote from: sarab on May 28, 2011, 04:33:49 pmQuote from: WhiteRabbit on May 28, 2011, 11:39:33 amWonder why they're all hatin' on In The End.. I think it sounds interesting. The second person said "unsettling" which I take as a compliment though! I think if you felt nothing then it would be an awful song. It seems to be one that will give us chills!Exactly! Vanessas unsettling doesn't make it awful. Maybe it will be kinda like She Floats
Quote from: WhiteRabbit on May 28, 2011, 05:11:10 pmQuote from: sarab on May 28, 2011, 04:33:49 pmQuote from: WhiteRabbit on May 28, 2011, 11:39:33 amWonder why they're all hatin' on In The End.. I think it sounds interesting. The second person said "unsettling" which I take as a compliment though! I think if you felt nothing then it would be an awful song. It seems to be one that will give us chills!Exactly! Vanessas unsettling doesn't make it awful. Maybe it will be kinda like She Floats yea or the wreckage, which is morbid and beautiful!
