Sia: Colour the Small One
CML call number: CD/POPULAR/Sia
Artist website: http://www.siamusic.net/home/
Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times: "Sia's voice is breathy and patchy, as if she'd just stopped sobbing, through most of her second album, 'Colour the Small One' (Astralwerks), which is beng released this week. One song from it, 'Breathe Me,' orchestrated the finale of 'Six Feet Under,' and it's of a piece with the rest of the album: starting out slow and fragile, with a handful of instruments and a fringe of electronics, as Sia confesses to despair and vulnerability. As the down-tempo tracks subtly fill out, steadying themselves, her voice becomes more determined and resolute yet no less delicate. Sia makes Dido sound complacent and makes Sarah McLachlan sound extravagant. Her songs are full of regrets and uncertainties, but the melodies are all she needs to cling to" ("Playlist: From the Heretics of Three-Chord Rock to the Demons of Dion," 1/8/06).
According to her website, Sia herself says, "I just wanted to write an album that was me: a small, weird, needy freak. It's a slow burner, but it's honest."
Artist website: http://www.siamusic.net/home/
Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times: "Sia's voice is breathy and patchy, as if she'd just stopped sobbing, through most of her second album, 'Colour the Small One' (Astralwerks), which is beng released this week. One song from it, 'Breathe Me,' orchestrated the finale of 'Six Feet Under,' and it's of a piece with the rest of the album: starting out slow and fragile, with a handful of instruments and a fringe of electronics, as Sia confesses to despair and vulnerability. As the down-tempo tracks subtly fill out, steadying themselves, her voice becomes more determined and resolute yet no less delicate. Sia makes Dido sound complacent and makes Sarah McLachlan sound extravagant. Her songs are full of regrets and uncertainties, but the melodies are all she needs to cling to" ("Playlist: From the Heretics of Three-Chord Rock to the Demons of Dion," 1/8/06).
According to her website, Sia herself says, "I just wanted to write an album that was me: a small, weird, needy freak. It's a slow burner, but it's honest."
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