Basia Bulat - In The Night
ARTIST........: Basia Bulat
TITLE.........: In The Night
LABEL.........: Rough Trade
URL...........: http://www.basiabulat.com/
GENRE.........: Folk
QUALITY:......: 182 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2008-02-19
RELEASE DATE..: 2008-00-00
Tracklist:
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01. In The Night 3:02
02. Before I Knew 2:50
03. Touch The Hem Of His Garment 2:03
Total 07:55
Release Notes:
Basia Bulat hails from Ontario and has been creating beautifully crafted
folk-pop for a good few years now, with very little recognition. Having
released an album last year entitled æOh, My DarlingÆ, she returns this year
with an EP comprising of a new numberÆ In The NightÆ, as well as a reworked
version of an album track, æBefore I KnewÆ, and a cover of fifties soul legend
Sam CookeÆs æTouch The Hem Of His GarmentÆ. Bulat is endowed with a voice that
immerses the soul, gossamer soft and encompassing, yet shot through with a
steel-like strength that winds around the hubbub of the thick folk
instrumentation of her band, to gently waver, bird-like, at the ends of phrases.
ThereÆs something gloriously organic about Basia BulatÆs music, which she
purports to have found ædangling from the treesÆ. æIn The NightÆ is a midnight
musical stomp through the woods (check out the video): upbeat and somewhat
anthemic, itÆs definitely a grower. Meanwhile percussion and pace have been
added to first-love-song æBefore I Knew' to make a grander sound that overwhelms
after hearing the beguiling ukulele-beauty of the album version. Touch The Hem
is a different vein for Bulat, showcasing soulful vocal capabilities that carry
the simple piano-chug of this old soul song into the realm of chamber-pop.
Though enchanting, these EP tracks are still not a patch on the best songs of
the album; an indication, perhaps, of BulatÆs singular talent.