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Review: 'RODGERS, EMILY'
'2 Years'   

-  Label: 'Misra'
-  Genre: 'Alt/Country' -  Release Date: '10th June 2016'-  Catalogue No: 'MSR085'

Our Rating:
If I was guessing from the artwork what this album sounded like I'd have said This Mortal Coil or Lisa Gerard and I have to say I wouldn't have been totally wrong. This is Emily's first album since 2009 and - to throw a further curve - this one is produced by Kramer.

It opens with the lost and lonesome-sounding No Last Call. It is gentle, laid back and in need of a glass of red wine and some candles being lit. Emily's voice sounds all woebegone and hurt in a quite bewitching way.

Anyone is more like a country rock chill-out song which sounds a bit confusing, trust me. It isn't just it has some nice slide guitar work and echoed vocals that make it like Lone Justice meets Damon & Naomi until the violin kicks in and then it's more like Emmy-Lou Harris. Hurt is a violin-led, folksy break up song akin to Evi Vine. It's nice and laid back and a bit sad in a good way.

Two Years has a little bit of a Waterboys-esque feel to it but with the female vocals obviously making it sound rather different. Whatever, this is a cool song for a loved one. Right Lie is another very woebegone song to lay back and wonder what it's all about to while you just wait for that violin to come back in again.

Waiting For You feels like a real gentle country song like the most laid back things Gene Clark ever came up with. Quite wistful but with some nicely harsh lyrics about that lover who dun gone. Burn Out is a bit more upbeat musically at least as she looks to burn out, the violin is whipping up those flame.

In The City is slow and ruminative and slightly sad with it. A very slow chilled-out song. Walk Don't Run has some very precise-sounding drums as the song unfurls itself and we go into another slough of despond. How will she ever make things better, I wonder?

The album closes with a stunning cover of Neil Young's I Believe In You which has stuck in my head for two or three days after I played this album ahead of reviewing it. This version is truly wistful and has a nice lilting feel to it which works perfectly. It's a great way to close a well-executed, chilled-out and laid back album that is well worth a listen or three.


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  author: simonovitch

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RODGERS, EMILY - 2 Years