Maria Taylor is/was the lead singer of Azure Ray. That says it all, really. This album is fucking amazing, and aspiring singer/songwriters, longing to escape the shackles of playing farmers markets, should take note of everything Taylor does, because these are things that they should be doing too.
The title track leads things off, and it is musical ambrosia. It almost makes me cry. “It’s Time” is enough to make me cry. Taylor’s voice is so beautiful, but it has ethereal synths in the background, acting as rubber padding so the voice can be shipped without damage.
“Green Butterfly” belongs in an Apple commercial. iPhone or iPod? I’ll leave that up to the marketing geniuses. Her voice is merely good on this track, but the musical accompaniment is amazing. I bet KT Tunstall wishes someone would ask her to sing this.
I’d be remiss not to point out how beautiful “Orchids” is. It gets a little lost among the tracks, but if it weren’t for the new Mirah album, you could use this track to hold you over.
“Cartoons and Forever Plans” sounds a little… polished? When compared to the stripped down melodies of the other tracks, the introduction of backing vocals is a little alarming, but I imagine that this track is at the end of the album for the same reason the noisy baby’s family gets the table in the restaurant next to the kitchen. It does not match the rest of the decor.
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