Rating: 5/5
Review:
Back to her best
Alela Diane is a really good songwriter and performer, but I
didn't get on at all well with her last album, Cold Moon, which was for me an
unsuccessful collaboration with Ryan Francesconi. With Cusp, she's solo again and back to her
best, which is very, very good.
Cusp is about motherhood in its different aspects, and the
songs again show Alela's remarkable ability to express what is in a human
heart. Lyrically brilliant and full of
her trademark lovely but slightly quirky melodies, it's a collection of very
fine songs. There are some absolute
stunners among them, like Song For Sandy (about the death of Sandy Denny) and
Yellow Gold, and the whole album is a classy treat.
I probably don’t need to go on at length here; if you know
Alela Diane's work, it's enough to say that this is among her best. If you don't, I strongly recommend that you
give this a try. It really is top-class
stuff.
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