Search - Emiliana Torrini :: Fisherman's Woman

It Thrills Me

Ms. Walrus | USA | 02/20/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you liked Emiliana's first CD (or loved it to death, as I did), Fisherman's Woman won't be any letdown. Although the sound is more peaceful, sweet, and calming, she won't let any song escape without the haunting tremor of her childlike voice. That quality makes this CD arresting and languid, warm and cool.

This is more "real" sounding, as well. There is less use of any sort of effects; it's mostly guitar with Emiliana's voice taking the lead. The line "Running naked, dragging a kite...her dress on a string," rather conveys the spirit of the album...odd, yet uplifting. And in general just plain charming.



*Note: If you want something else like Emiliana, I've searched a lot and the closest thing I've found is the album The Divine Comedy by Milla. (That being Milla Jovovich, which makes it even better.)



*Another note: If you're an Emiliana fan, I strongly recommend taking a look at the album "How Things Work" by Mr. Dan.

Interview: "We just clicked," she explained. "It was funny, because [Dan] comes from a dub/reggae/hip-hop background and he went straight onto the drum machine. But I wanted to get away from singing on top of big production, and I said, 'Can you just play piano or guitar or something?' I love that classical sound. So he picked up the guitar, and it was just incredible. It was sort of like it was meant to be, because he ended up being one of the best guitar players that I've ever seen. These complicated, beautiful melodies seemed to pop out of him effortlessly.""

EXPRESSION WITHOUT ARTIFICIES!

HELENE RAMOS | LIMA/PERU | 04/07/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Throughout this sonic saucer,Emiliana Torrini's medieval look and luminous voice,transports us to a magical aural place in a particular time and space inspired now by her crystallic gorgeous folk pop melancholia.The songs included here march along hypnotically providing moments of quietly and blisfully deep peace with a beautifully calm that seduces our minds and hearts completely and only because of the expression without artificies and total sweetness of Emiliana's innocent and pure vox.Poetic art in songs like Serenade,Heartstopper,Next Time Around and the title track,the elemental sonic points here.And I only can imagine the A1 remixes that could appeal most of their tunes to inspired global DJ`s.I've only had les plus belles heures while listening to this stellar sonic sphere:21st century rural folk-pop-romantic and atmospheric tunes in crescendo.
HELENE RAMOS GALAGARZA
journalist/editor of Britania Fanzine and radio dj broadcast of the radio shows in peru: EQUINOXE AND 2001_ONETHOUSANDYEARSAFTER! www.sonidoextremo.com"