With a voice sounding like it’s from the 1950s, April Smith’s classic/vintage vocals are pure and sweet and make a pleasant alternative to the ‘powerhouse’ female vocalists popular at the moment, and the note-defying gymnastics that often come with them.
An incredibly sad song when you stop and listen to the lyrics, again her slightly fragile tone conveys this beautifully. Losing a lover, either at the end of a relationship or at the definite end, heart-breaking. ‘This thing that beats is the one thing that keeps us apart’.
Building slowly, it reaches its peak in the classic way in the middle eight, when the voice becomes a mountain. Not too overpowering, the tone instantly returns to the simple and innocent, as if not to get ahead of herself.
In a unique venture, the album this song is taken from was in fact funded by fans of the band via Kickstarter. If such a way of doing things present more sublime songs and artists like this, then long may it continue and prosper because ‘Beloved’ is absolutely gorgeous in every way.
From the album ‘Songs For A Sinking Ship’ (2010) / www.aprilsmithmusic.com
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