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May. 12th, 2005 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
loopychewSo, about two weeks ago, doing my Amazon.com browsing, I noticed this in my browsing. My thought processes were, within about ten seconds of one another:
1. "Holy crap! There's a new Morcheeba album out?! How come nobody told me?"
2. "...Skye's no longer singing? WHAFUCK?!"
When I saw it at CityDisc for twenty francs yesterday, I couldn't help myself. Despite my wallet aching (payday #1: T-13 days!), I snapped it up, ripped it for the impending train ride this morning, and had me a listen. And so, a few random thoughts on the album:
I was so completely unsure of what would happen with a new singer in place. Take the Sneaker Pimps, in which Kelli Dayton featured in one album and then Chris Corner took over. I suppose it's a bit more drastic of an example, since Chris is a guy (and Daisy Martey isn't), but the Sneaker Pimps' sound completely changed between Becoming X and Splinter (for the worse, if you asked me).
The Antidote sounds like any other Morcheeba album, except for one very, very specific thing: a distinct lack of Skye Edwards. If you listen to the music, slow it down a few beats, and mentally impose Skye's voice over the track, you know it's Morcheeba all the way. However, Daisy's voice changes it completely. Gone is the silky smooth voice we're used to, and we've got Natalie Merchant with only half the cigarettes she probably used to achieve that huskiness.
Don't get me wrong. It's not bad, it's...different. It'll take some getting used to. But it's something you CAN get used to.
They're also playing at Caribana this year, of which I only discovered the lineup earlier this week. I am SO getting tickets for that night, just to see how Daisy fares on the classics.
All in all, it's an excellent album. If I went in without knowing who Skye Edwards was, I'd have immediately dug it. The more I listen to it, the more I like it, which is a good thing.
1. "Holy crap! There's a new Morcheeba album out?! How come nobody told me?"
2. "...Skye's no longer singing? WHAFUCK?!"
When I saw it at CityDisc for twenty francs yesterday, I couldn't help myself. Despite my wallet aching (payday #1: T-13 days!), I snapped it up, ripped it for the impending train ride this morning, and had me a listen. And so, a few random thoughts on the album:
I was so completely unsure of what would happen with a new singer in place. Take the Sneaker Pimps, in which Kelli Dayton featured in one album and then Chris Corner took over. I suppose it's a bit more drastic of an example, since Chris is a guy (and Daisy Martey isn't), but the Sneaker Pimps' sound completely changed between Becoming X and Splinter (for the worse, if you asked me).
The Antidote sounds like any other Morcheeba album, except for one very, very specific thing: a distinct lack of Skye Edwards. If you listen to the music, slow it down a few beats, and mentally impose Skye's voice over the track, you know it's Morcheeba all the way. However, Daisy's voice changes it completely. Gone is the silky smooth voice we're used to, and we've got Natalie Merchant with only half the cigarettes she probably used to achieve that huskiness.
Don't get me wrong. It's not bad, it's...different. It'll take some getting used to. But it's something you CAN get used to.
They're also playing at Caribana this year, of which I only discovered the lineup earlier this week. I am SO getting tickets for that night, just to see how Daisy fares on the classics.
All in all, it's an excellent album. If I went in without knowing who Skye Edwards was, I'd have immediately dug it. The more I listen to it, the more I like it, which is a good thing.
