Artist.......: Sydney Wayser
Album........: Silent Parade
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Apr-20-2009
str.date.....: Apr-16-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.myspace.com/sydneywayser
track title time
01. Papa Dont Worry 03:20
02. Misplayed Games 03:46
03. Crumpled Paper 03:05
04. Carousel 02:26
05. Unwanted Visitor 03:08
06. Place De La Bastille 02:33
07. Greylights 03:55
08. View form Behind Your Glasses 02:08
09. Ode to A Frenchman 04:08
10. Grenadine and Cigarettes 04:22
11. Untitled 21 Juillet 03:45
12. Outro 00:40
Runtime 37:16 min
Size 48,5 MB
Release Notes:
Intimate and playful, placid and serene. Melancholy
and dark, with occasional hints of passing sadness.
This is the sound of Sydney Wayser, a twenty one
year-old singer-songwriter who with her French
father and American mother has lived her life
between Paris and Los Angeles. SydneyÆs music is
rife with tales and adventure; it quite simply
draws you into her world, delicately.
Her first album, entitled ôSilent Paradeö,
showcases SydneyÆs elegant blend of strings, piano,
guitar and percussion, that at once enraptures and
brings you into her world where carouselsÆ turn
with youthful exuberance, and love is questioned in
lucid prose. It is the ode to simplicity and a nod
to grace that truly defines the impact of SydneyÆs
writing and voice. ThereÆs a tranquil and frozen
moment feel, reminiscent of a Modigliani portrait
hatched in a small studio in Montparnasse. Time
spent in Paris only ripened her desire to study the
great painters, singers, and iconic figures of both
worlds, and fed her mind and soul with a wealth of
experience and vision with which to develop her
music.
A playful though somewhat introverted spirit, as a
teenager she cultivated her passion for writing
music and developed her intellect and vast
interests, including ballet, film, and literature,
later honing in on music as her true love. Place de
la Bastille was inspired by the famous French film
Amelie. ôJean-Pierre Jeunet uses striking colors to
create a repetitive pattern through the film.
Occasionally he introduces light blue, a more
subtle color to symbolize something significant,
but hidden when blinded by the red and green. I
thought this was an analog for finding some of
lifeÆs more crucial elements, buried amidst all the
distraction of our days.ö
There is a surface paradox at play here: SydneyÆs
music is free and colorful and wide-eyed; recalling
a young girl on Parisian side streets, in her mind
conversing with the great artists and writers who
once pounced on those same cobblestones. At the
same time, she conveys a charm and wit well beyond
her twenty years, and with an unusual command of
language and phrasing.
Silent Parade is a moving collection, showcasing a
talented, young, and personable songwriter with a
visceral offering of poetry and song that remarks
on the beauty of innocence.