Sunday, February 02, 2025

Daybreaker by Beth Orton

 
Daybreaker is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Beth Orton, released in 2002. With this album, she continues the Folktronica style that marked her earlier efforts. There's nothing new here in that respect, perhaps with a slightly more sombre tone, but it is all very well done, another great set of songs, and her voice still is personal and beautiful. To paraphrase one critic: much of Daybreaker is jaw-droppingly beautiful and brutally poignant, and the record's subtleties blossom over repeated listens. My selection of outstanding songs would include Paris Train, Mount Washington, Carmella, God Song, and Thinking About Tomorrow.
 
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Saturday, February 01, 2025

The artist

 
A stunning poster for this 2011 movie directed by Michel Hazanavicius, dealing with the advent of talking pictures in Hollywood in 1929. Simple and effective and a great example of chiaroscuro. 

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