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█ ARTIST: Eliza Rickman █
█ TITLE: O, You Sinners █
█ LABEL: █
█ GENRE: Indie █
█ BITRATE: 228kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 41min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-03-12 █
█ URL: █
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█ 01. Black Rose 2:58 █
█ 02. Devil's Flesh & Bones 3:45 █
█ 03. Over Cold Shoulders 3:56 █
█ 04. Through An Aquarium 4:09 █
█ 05. Cinnamon Bone 3:10 █
█ 06. O, You Sinners 3:23 █
█ 07. Pretty Little Head 3:50 █
█ 08. Start With Goodbye, Stop With Hello 3:53 █
█ 09. White Words 3:14 █
█ 10. Coming Up Roses 5:17 █
█ 11. Into My Arms 4:24 █
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█ There is always a hint of menace and reservoirs of force haunting the █
█ corners of Eliza RickmanÆs voice, whatever register it occupies. Her █
█ presence on stageùwhether she wears flowers in her hair, or stuffed █
█ birds; whether she plays a toy piano or a grand pianoùis an enveloping, █
█ soft darkness, impossible to ignore. It is quite a surprise that Rickman █
█ didnÆt even realize she could sing until after she earned a degree in █
█ orchestration from Azusa Pacific University, because her voice is the █
█ most enthralling and salient feature of any on the tracks from her new █
█ album 'O, You Sinners'. And this is saying something, considering her █
█ deftness as a pianist and her subtlety as a composer. Like Kate Bush's █
█ work, or like PJ HarveyÆs album White Chalk, the arrangements on O, You █
█ Sinners are edged with dissonance. Like Andrew Bird, she favors █
█ pizzicato strings over junkyard percussion and complex lyrical melodies. █
█ Indeed, RickmanÆs co-producer Mark Greenberg is a frequent contributor █
█ to BirdÆs albums (as well as to WilcoÆs 'The Whole Love' and to the █
█ Grammy Award-winning Mavis StaplesÆs album 'You Are Not Alone'). █
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█ Religious themes pervade RickmanÆs workùher album is, after all, titled █
█ 'O, You Sinners'. She is the daughter of a pastor, and started playing █
█ piano in church at the age of 13. But like one of her great influences- █
█ Nick Cave- her writing belies ambivalence about religion. Good and evil; █
█ love, both GodÆs love and carnal love; sinners and saints; desire and █
█ repentance, all find a place in RickmanÆs songs. They lurk behind the █
█ scrim- whatever stage she sets. The coin of her realm is stamped with █
█ the will of God, and whether you are a doubter or a believer you must █
█ deal in her currency if you want her to ferry you ashore. ôO, you █
█ sinnersö she sings, ôhear me.ö And how could we not listen? █
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