[As posted on Amazon
and CD BABY]
A
well-wrought quality of
tangibility and transience is apparent throughout.
Rock me softly,
cinematically, as in an Eva Jay sunrise!
The tunes on the Eva Jay Fortune Band's
second release, Suspiciously Blue,
embrace a wide range of
emotions with confidence and compassion -- from the brooding loneliness
and
isolation of Lonely Street (“Lonely street, there's that four
a.m.
wind...”) to the joys of self-discovery in Place In This World
(“It's as
simple as finding your place in this world...”) to the impulse towards
companionship and intimacy that imbue Love's Door and Ride
(“I
might not mind this time / I might enjoy the ride / If we should
stumble and
fall for each other”).
The fifth track, Glitter (Coming Down)
stands out as a stylishly
mixed rock'n'roll jewel. It opens -- echoes of Bowie's Station To
Station
and Scary Monsters releases -- with crystalline waves of
electric guitar
feedback that slowly fade out as the snare drum kicks in and the lead
guitar
lines rise up, crisp and clear, in the foreground.
Suspiciously Blue
has an intimate and expansive lyricism that is not easily labeled –
atmospheric
stuff whose fabric mixes well with hearts and the Bay Area fog.
Reviewer: Alan
Mark Train
