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Indigo
Girls "Become You" Review by Heather Gmucs of The Decline
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With a nice build in the chorus, over simple, smooth piano riffs (Carol
Isaacs) and booming drum work (Brady Blade) like a heartbeat the tune moves
seamlessly from powerlessness to insight. Track three, "Become You"
kicks out a diatribe on the social structures that bind Southerners (and most
Americans) from becoming their Truth.
"I see you walking in the glare/down the country road we used to
share/our Southern blood, my heresy, damn that old Confederacy." The
chunky straight-ahead folk/rock guitar (Rae and Saliers) coupled with a melodic
overlay of the accordion (Isaacs) makes a rich backdrop for Rae's gritty vocals.
Unfortunately there is an edge missing from this new release. "Become
You" lacks the drive and the soulfulness of the albums that came before
it. Slick over production takes away from the grass roots feel inherent in the "Closer
to Fine" and "Hammer and a Nail" days.
The Indigo Girls seem to have crossed over in to a new genre, "lite folk
rock"; an oxymoron in the sense of traditional folk genre. Although, "Become
You" speaks out against injustices, swoons over love and generally gets
down to the "humanness" of humans, in a collection of sweetly arranged
narratives, the listener might be induced into spring cleaning mode rather than
fixated expectantly on the next track of the disc. The bark is definitely more
poignant than the bite .
Heather Gmucs
http://www.mp3.com/the_decline
anns_decline@yahoo.com
http://www.indiegrrl.com
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