Hannah Peel The Broken Wave(2010)[FLAC]

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2011 The Broken Wave CD Static Discos 222

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1 The Almond Tree
2 You Call This Your Home
3 Song for the Sea
4 Today Is Not So Far Away
5 Don\'t Kiss the Broken One
6 Solitude
7 Unwound
8 Is This the Start?
9 Cailin Deas Cruite Na Mbo
10 The Parting Glass

Hannah Peel has had an unconventional history leading to this richly

rewarding debut album. Irish-born but Yorkshire-raised, she played fiddle in

her father’s band in Ireland. Trained at Liverpool Institute for Performing

Arts, she started composing when working on a theatre show that needed

songs. On the EP Rebox, her only previous release, she accompanied herself

with a hand-cranked music box, incongruously covering classics by Cocteau

Twins, New Order, OMD and Soft Cell – mostly songs older than the singer

herself.

In complete contrast, The Broken Wave features eight Peel originals plus two

traditional Irish songs. Her compositions avoid the conventional

verse-chorus-verse form, their restrained melodies giving each its own

distinctive charm. They vary in mood, covering subjects from the joy and

hope of falling in love through to the pain and loss of betrayal.

Peel’s lyrics often have a mysterious, poetic quality. Rather than tackling a

subject head-on, she tends to employ allusions and metaphors. Her insights

into the break up of relationships display a maturity rare in a 28-year-old. Her

voice is her other great asset. Although occasionally reminiscent of other

singers, it is unmistakably unique. Crucially, its fragile beauty ideally conveys

the longing and yearning contained within the complex emotions of the songs.

On Solitude, addressed to a lost love, it brings a lump to the throat to hear

her deliver these lines in a frail, vulnerable voice, \"The look on your face as

she moves near / My eyes start to burn, oh why don’t they close / I just want

to see why she is better than me, better than me / Better than me.\" Ouch.

The accompanying music is folk-pop with just enough quirky edginess to keep

it sounding fresh. Producer Mike Lindsay achieves a fine balance between

sensitively showcasing Peel’s voice and upstaging it, only rarely overdoing the

drums. Peel plays violin and piano, as well as deploying that music box on the

two Irish songs. On Solitude and the equally poignant Don’t Kiss the Broken

One, subtle string arrangements by Nitin Sawhney complement and enhance

the vocals without being a distraction.

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