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O Accuse this Irish debut album to be filled with unoriginal music, selfconfessing lyrics that doesn’t affect you and generally a new Blood On The Tracks ripp off. I don’t care what you may throw at Damien Rice, because when he does some of that falsetto singing, he gets under my skin. Why not yours too? With a great acoustic guitar sound through out the album, Rice takes help from bare strings and naked female vocals. The rest of the instruments are used extremely spare, which makes it a very dynamic album. “I Remember” is a good example of that, but also the only song on the album which seems to be a stab at experimental sounds and arrangements. Because this is mostly an album lying close to the singer/songwriter tradition with some gospel and opera(!) influences that works really well in the context. The fact that this is a debut album, released in 2003, gives me great hopes for the future. That record companies actually do want to release this sort of stuff, and not only by older and established artists that are guaranteed to sell a certain amount of copies to their loyal fan base. Maybe Ireland is the place we should focus on in the future. Not only did Damien Rice release O, but The Thrills’ debut album was also released the very same weak. Two of the years strongest releases so far. Back to Rice. “Delicate”, “The Blower’s Daughter” and especially “Cold Water” are great highlights in a very solid set of songs. I’ll be happy to follow Rice’s career. This is only the beginning.
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