Perpetual
Motion
by Karrie
Track
Listing:
1 This Time
2 Trying To
Be Honest
3 Magpied
4 Perpetual
Motion
5 Movie
Show
6 Bad
Habits
7 Wicker
Chair
8 No Love
In Greed
9 Two ‘A Me
10
Disbelief
11 Hula
12 To Lost
Opportunities
The older I
get, the more picky I am about music. In fact, sometimes I am hard-pressed to
listen to a whole CD, and I include albums made by so-called legends. After a
couple of tracks, I find myself giving up and in a lot of cases I never play
the CD again. Is it me or is it them? I don’t know. Alternatively, I have
records that are very dear to my heart and, like old movies, I return to them
again and again. But away from the listener/viewer comfort blanket, I yearn for
new material, something special, something refreshing, something that just
stands out for all the right reasons.
And, bingo!
Here is a wondrous example that blew me away. I listened to it twice in the
past few days and for a third time this morning, and not once on any of those
occasions did I feel any urge to skip tracks or quit. Rather like a good book
that has you turning the pages to see what’s next, each song whets the appetite
for more.
It is a
mellow record for the most part and there is nothing wrong with that. It is
like an audio spa day, calming, relaxing and soothing, with the added bonus of
clever lyrics that do not always rely on obvious patterns.
Karrie O'Sullivan wrote all the songs and what a collection of superb songs they are. The
brilliant opening track, This Time, sets much of the tone, opening a door to
tracks infused with a little folk here, some cool jazz effects there, easy
listening at its most sublime, but always carried (Karried?) by confident
singing performances, exquisite harmonies, expert musicianship, outstanding arrangements and
exemplary production.
It should
be very easy to sample and buy Perpetual Motion. I urge you to seek it out. It
will not let you down.
This is a beautiful record and, from Mr Picky here, I can’t see how it could be any more perfect.
This is a beautiful record and, from Mr Picky here, I can’t see how it could be any more perfect.
Here are links to some YouTube performances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fbci9qvP4
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