Rating: 5/5
Review:
A very good album
Old Ghosts and Lost Causes is a very good album. We are
exceptionally blessed with some excellent singer-songwriters at the
moment and Helene Cronin has produced an album which stands up very
well among them.
Cronin’s songs are
often very personal and revelatory, but never become self-indulgent.
Her lyrics are thoughtful and intelligent, and I often find them
rather touching; in God Doesn’t, for example, even though I don’t
have a belief I found myself moved by the words. There is a good
variety of style from quiet heartbreak in Riding The Grey Line to
punchy anger in Mean Bone and Cronin sings them all very well. She
has a good voice which she uses very well, and the band and
production are excellent.
This is, in short, a
classy album. I’m extremely glad I tried it and I’ll be looking
out for more of Helene Cronin’s work.
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