Artist.......: VA
Album........: I Speak Because I Can (Live from the Royal Festival Hall)
Label........: Virgin
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVD (LPCM 2.0)
Rip.date.....: 2010-06-15
Str.date.....: 2010-04-00
Quality......: 144kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.lauramarling.com
track title time
1. Laura Marling - Crawled Out Of The Sea 3:49
2. Laura Marling - Hope In The Air 7:01
3. Pete Roe - Devil's Dancefloor 3:49
4. Peggy Sue - The Sea, The Sea 1:57
5. Mumford & Sons - Thistle & Weeds 6:34
6. Laura Marling - Night Terror 5:13
7. Sons Of Noel & Adrian - Indigo 3:40
8. Andrew Bird - Headsoak 2:36
9. Alessi's Ark - Hummingbird 3:33
10. Laura Marling - Blackberry Stone 3:45
11. Johnny Flynn - Been Listening 3:53
12. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 4:41
13. Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke (Video Edit) 3:05
Runtime 53:36
Size 55.52
Release Notes:
British folksinger Laura MarlingÆs 2008 debut, Alas I
Cannot Swim, showed more depth and maturity than one would
expect from a (then) 18-year-old. MarlingÆs expressive,
smoky voice and penchant for lyrical matter that didnÆt
reference clubbing landed her a well-earned Mercury Prize
nomination, as well as a considerable amount of hype
concerning her follow-up. Released in 2010, I Speak
Because I Can delivers on nearly every level, upping both
the production value (thanks to Ryan Adams and Kings of
Leon producer Ethan Johns and fellow indie folk darlings
Mumford & Sons) and the songwriting. Love, death, and
heartbreak are hardly new subjects when it comes to folk
music, but they refresh themselves so often in our lives
that their relevance becomes tenfold with each new bite,
scrape, or blow to the head, a notion that Marling
explores with both guarded wisdom and elegant petulance on
standout cuts like "DevilÆs Spoke," "Made by Maid,"
"Rambling Man," and "Goodbye England." At its heart, I
Speak Because I Can is a stoic, bare-bones
singer/songwriter record, which makes the tastefully
peppered bursts of explosive percussion, banjo, mandolin,
and backing vocals from the Mumford gentlemen all the
more effective and not just window dressing to cover up a
cookie-cutter storefront. That said, itÆs MarlingÆs
enigmatic voice (think Florence & the Machine and Fiona
Apple), clever phrasing (think Joni Mitchell), and
adherence to the alternately warm and wintry vibe of
late-'60s/early-'70s classic rock and folk (think Led
Zeppelin III) that listeners will keep coming back to,
regardless of the packaging.