Search - Nancy Falkow :: Clear View

CLEAR VIEW is a collection of charming acoustic-based pop-folk songs performed by a stellar line up. Nancy Falkow's rich, textured, vocal soars melodically and soulfully through 11 new songs. The title track "Clear View" emanates a sweet darkness, while the shimmering melancholy of "Blindsided" bleeds an infectious melody and subtle heartbreaking lyric. "Under the Sun's" lead vocal swims through a Leslie speaker while the opening track, "Stay"'s Led Zeppelin a la "Kashmir" lap steel and lap synth string outro captures the vision only Falkow & her co-producer Shane McMartin could create. As expected, Falkow had a little help from her friends. She surrounds herself with Philadelphia's finest, including guitarists Mike "Slo-Mo" Brenner and Kara Lafty (The Jane Anchor), bassist Steve Demarest, percussionist Hoagy Wing, cellist Hotch, singer Jennifer Lynn, trumpetist Matt Cappy and keyboardists Amber deLaurentis, Pete Rydberg and Mike Richelle. Tracks arrived via USPS from Scot Sax and Mark Getten of the band Feel (Curb). McMartin held down double and triple duties on the drums, percussion and even a little bass. "I really enjoyed co-producing this record with Shane," Falkow explains. "I approached my vocal a lot differently, it's very honest and straight forward. Overall, I wanted to achieve an open and simple sound. Nothing has been overproduced. We treated each song with exactly what it needed, whether it was horns or strings or just a piano and a vocal. Recording all of the overdubs was the most fun."