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Artist | Britta Phillips
Title | Luck Or Magic
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 39:36
Label | Double Feature Records Store | 2016
Catalog | CD-DBL-0012 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 255 kbps Size | 76.09 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Daydream 3:38
02. Do It Last 4:13
03. One Fine Summer Morning 3:27
04. Million Dollar Doll 3:40
05. Drive 4:44
06. Fallin' In Love 3:49
07. Luck Or Magic 4:12
08. Landslide 3:37
09. Wrap Your Arms Around Me 4:28
10. Ingrid Superstar 3:48
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Singer, bassist, guitarist, and actress Britta Phillips is a sweet-toned
yet powerful vocalist who has had a varied career on her own and with
others. Best known as a member of Luna, she is also one-half of the duo
Dean & Britta with husband and Luna singer/guitarist Dean Wareham. Born in
Boyne City, Michigan in 1963, Phillips grew up in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania the daughter of musician, songwriter, and educator Peter
Phillips.
"Luck Or Magic" is the half-originals, half-covers solo debut of Phillips.
Phillips began working on the album in 2012 with electronic DJ Scott
Hardkiss, but set it aside when the 90s rave pioneer died suddenly the
following year. She later regrouped to finish the album with producer Eric
Broucek (LCD Soundsystem, Eleanor Friedberger), along with producer/drummer
Roger Brogan (Alison's Halo, Spectrum) and Wareham, who appears on six of
the tracks. Frothing with haze and sultriness, "Luck Or Magic" is unlikely
to either surprise or disappoint established fans, and likely to seduce, in
general.
Opening track "Daydream", for instance, would make a more than suitable
Bond theme with its symphonic underpinnings, retro guitar tones,
unconventional melody, and yearning vocal delivery ('I'll stay here and
wait/And I'll pray for the day'). Another original, "Do It Last", blends
airy trebles with 70s soul for an equally sensual offering about being the
partner that lasts. From amongst the covers, a standout is The Cars'
"Drive", which expands on the aching power pop ballad's ringing synths.
Elsewhere, a shimmering version of Evie Sands' "One Fine Summer Morning"
retains the 1969 song's wistfulness, hand drums, and playful bass, adding
an inspired flute solo that sounds of the past but isn't.
Other revisions include tunes by Fleetwood Mac, Dennis Wilson, and Agnetha
Faltskog of ABBA. While Broucek's production unifies the various
songwriters with a distinct tone and sighing palette, based on the promise
of Phillips' own songs, one can't help but to anticipate a full-length
selection of her own material. With Luna having reunited in 2015 to tour,
and talk of the band testing the waters in the studio, and with Phillips
and Wareham collaborating on film scores like 2015's Mistress America, only
time will tell which of her projects will materialize next.
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