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Penrose cuts through the quiet mix like a familiar voice, stating and restating elemental feelings in a way that sounds self-evident and self-healing. make these moments count, affording each song a potent mixture of beauty and ache.
"Wildflower," the album, only lasts a bit more than 22 minutes. The title track is a fitting ode to beauty shooting up through cement cracks, while closer "The Window" shuffles its feet a little faster as warm strings and hazy harmonies uphold the song's folk-rock soul. Breaks in the motion and subtle dynamic shifts speak volumes within the context Penrose creates.Įlsewhere, soft, double-tracked vocals add something like safety in numbers and an air of fragility to the world-weary "Up By One." A quiet ode to perseverance, "I'll Be Alright" captures the more rugged qualities of Penrose's voice here, the singer lives somewhere between Ryan Adams and Ray LaMontagne. "Burn" follows with a bit more behind it - multiple guitars, tasteful drums - but the same emotional range. "Already Gone" is a fitting opening statement Penrose's voice rasps and rings, lending his lyrics a subtle self-awareness: "I was wrong / It's not about you / It's not another breakup song / And either way, we just couldn't get along." Refrain 3 Oh, the pure delight of a single hour. 2 Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the pow’r of grace divine Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine. More: Maren Morris, Charli XCX, Jack White and more albums to anticipate in early 2022 Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. Few notes are wasted as Penrose creates a thoughtful environment in which these seven songs can speak their piece. The instrumentation on "Wildflower" is spare but purposeful. Other artists pay faint honor to the notion of "serving the song." Penrose actually does right by these songs. Your voice can take me there Just like a muse to me You are a mystery Just like a dream You are not what you seem Just like a prayer, no choice Your voice can take me there Your voice can take me there Like a prayer Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there It's like a prayer Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there It's like a. "I found your letters today / They were sitting by the window / Found your ticket stubs and they're sitting there too / It's funny how they pop up / These memories of you / 'Cause I thought they were already gone," Kyren Penrose sings on the first moments of his new record "Wildflower."Īnd the sound of those words fill up every bit of space around the singer - and the listener.Ĭolumbia audiences might know Penrose's work with local indie band The Adaptation here, with his project Kyren Penrose and The Overdraft Charges, he offers everything you hope for from a songwriter record. Sometimes you need to just let a song ring out, let it breathe.
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