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ARTiST....: my brightest diamond
TiTLE.....: a thousand shark's teeth
LABEL.....: asthmatic kitty records
GENRE.....: alternative
SOURCE....: cdda
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 55,4 MB
REL.DATE..: apr-28-2008
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01] inside a boy 03:44
02] the ice & the storm 05:23
03] if i were queen 02:38
04] apples 02:28
05] from the top of the world 04:03
06] black & costaud 04:22
07] to pluto's moon 06:49
08] bass player 04:33
09] goodbye forever 03:53
10] like a sieve 03:04
11] the brightest diamond 05:12
TOTAL TiME : 46:09 min
from
http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=94
A Thousand Shark's Teeth
Cover art by David Stith
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Two years after the world formally met her via her
acclaimed debut, Bring Me the Workhorse, Brooklyn,
NY's My Brightest Diamond - spearheaded by Shara
Worden - has been established as one of
independent music's most vibrant, creative and
original voices. And with A Thousand Shark's
Teeth, Diamond's incredible, breathtaking
sophomore release, we are all instantly reminded
once more of Shara WordenÆs undeniable greatness.
Charming, playful, daring, foreboding, graceful,
eclectic, exciting and visceral: these are all
the first words that come to mind after a full
listen through A Thousand Shark's Teeth. It is a
record that evokes and challenges, full of the
sorts of melodies and arrangements that stay with
you long after the album's stopped playing.
Combining songs that were written both before and
after the release of Bring Me the Workhorse, and
produced and arranged by Shara herself, A Thousand
Shark's Teeth reflects different times, feelings,
musical genres and facets of oneÆs personality,
all perfectly sewn together by the powerful thread
that is Shara's dynamic voice.
Moving across the country every few years,
singer/songwriter/arranger, Shara honed an
eclectic musical taste, a degree in opera, a
penchant for costumes, and a few years tutelage
under composer Padma Newsome (Clogs/The National).
After playing in Sufjan StevensÆ band, My
Brightest Diamond struck out on her own, releasing
Bring Me the Workhorse to widespread praise.
Months of touring commenced, leading Diamond to
share the stage with artists such as Sufjan
Stevens, The Decemberists, The National, St.
Vincent, Devotchka and more.
These diverse experiences helped shape A Thousand
Shark's Teeth. Originally meant to be a more
classical, string quartet affair, the work slowly
evolved and refined itself over a period of six
years. The record, mixed by Husky Hoskulds (Tom
Waits, Elvis Costello), was recorded in Berlin,
Los Angeles and New York City, and features twenty
different players all contributing little bits of
musical magic. Influenced by artists such as
Tricky, French composer Maurice Ravel and Tom
Waits, in addition to the star exploration themes
of Anslem Kiefer's paintings, the imaginary
landscapes of photographer Robert Parke Harrison,
films by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Alice in
Wonderland, A Thousand Shark's Teeth is a musical
snowglobe that sparkles each time you touch it.
The songs, whose themes broach intimacy, kisses by
moonlight, laundry, lost friendship and more,
marry vast instrumentation - marimbas, harps,
clarinets, French horns, rabid guitars,
vibraphones to name a few - to create an unequaled
amalgamation of style and color. In simple terms:
it's beautiful, and thereÆs nothing else quite
like it.
Opener and first single "Inside A Boy" is classic
Diamond - slippery guitars meet with gorgeous
strings and Shara's powerhouse voice, which folds
nicely into "Ice and the Storm" perhaps one of the
finest songs Shara Worden has ever written, a
driving foot-stomp of a tune full of swirling
vocals, metallic crackles and a stuttering beat.
"Black and Costaud" borrows lyrics from a Ravel
opera and sees Diamond full of dramatic flourish,
while "From the Top of the World" vibrates with
soulful swagger, showing off Shara's tremendous
guitar playing. "Apples" is Diamond at her most
coy, her vocal line delivered with quite a
flirtatious smile, "Like a Sieve" twists a Tricky
sample upside down, and "Goodbye Forever" swells
with a string-heavy chorus as Shara sings of
things lost in a fire, literally and figuratively,
exploring both beauty and danger in a shark's
kiss.
Buy me if you love me :)