Artist.......: Pantaleimon
Album........: Mercy Oceans
Label........: Jnana
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Dec-13-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Under The Water 03:39
02. We Love 03:31
03. The Sun Came Out 04:56
04. High Star 04:03
05. All The Birds 02:41
06. Born Into You 04:06
07. At Dawn 07:06
08. Raw Heart 04:34
09. I Am 07:30
10. Storm And Thunder 02:30
Runtime 44:36 min
Size 45,3 MB
Release Notes:
This, the second full-length album by Andria Degens
features a number of fellow folk travellers taking
up guest spots, with the like of Hush Arbors' Keith
Wood, Isobel Campbell and Baby Dee all reporting
for duty. Degens' instrument of choice is the
Appalachian dulcimer, which combines with her
lulling vocal style for one of the more ethereal
sounds on the current avant-folk scene. Mercy
Oceans is made a little earthier by the presence of
her collaborators, and certainly Keith Wood's
fingerpicked guitar brings pieces like 'The Sun
Came Out' and 'At Dawn' back into a more familiar
language, but the best material here comes in the
stranger moments, such as 'Born Into You', which
weaves droning tambura and chanting into a more
conventional context thanks to Baby Dee's harp and
John Contreras' cello. There are some beautiful
songs here, some of which might even propel Degens
into the more mainstream end of the current folk
scene. Recommended.