Martha Wainwright
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Martha Wainwright comes from a family that some would call "musical royalty." She is the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, and sister of Rufus Wainwright, yet she writes and sings with a style completely her own. After several tours as opener and band-mate for Rufus Wainwright, and appearances on albums by Rufus, the McGarrigles, Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes) and Linda Thompson, Martha made her own bold statement with the release of her EP BMFA earlier this year. The EP garnered rave reviews: The London Times called it a "tour de force" while The New York Times named it "a gorgeous teaser" to her forthcoming full-length debut. The release of that self-titled debut album takes things to a whole new level. An album of contrasts, Martha Wainwright features tracks filled with raw, fiery, passionate energy alongside unforgettable, hauntingly beautiful ballads.
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With her debut album appearing at the age of 28, Martha Wainwright has lived in a musical world since she was born. She posses a voice with timbres similar to her brother, Rufus, and to her mother and aunt, Kate & Anna McGarrigle. She also has a way of stretching syllables out for reasons at once musical and textual, very much like her father, Loudon Wainwright, from whom she's also inherited a bold autobiographical stance, albeit couched in her own particular poetics. A bracing confidence informs these thirteen songs, from the bright shiny pop of "G.P.T." and "The Maker" (with the unmistakable voice of Rufus on backup vocals) to the fragile balladry of "Whither Must I Wander." Martha Wainwright continues the family tradition of audacious debuts. -- David Greenberger
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Martha Wainwright comes from a family that some would call "musical royalty." She is the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, and sister of Rufus Wainwright, yet she writes and sings with a style completely her own. After several tours as opener and band-mate for Rufus Wainwright, and appearances on albums by Rufus, the McGarrigles, Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes) and Linda Thompson, Martha made her own bold statement with the release of her EP BMFA earlier this year. The EP garnered rave reviews: The London Times called it a "tour de force" while The New York Times named it "a gorgeous teaser" to her forthcoming full-length debut. The release of that self-titled debut album takes things to a whole new level. An album of contrasts, Martha Wainwright features tracks filled with raw, fiery, passionate energy alongside unforgettable, hauntingly beautiful ballads.
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- 製品サイズ : 12.4 x 14.2 x 1.3 cm; 94.12 g
- メーカー : Zoe Records
- EAN : 0601143106323
- 製造元リファレンス : 01143-1063-2
- レーベル : Zoe Records
- ASIN : B0007VZ9EE
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上位レビュー、対象国: 日本
レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
MARTHAの歌声は、CARDIGANSのNINAのそれにとっても近く、キュートさの中にコケティッシュというか不思議な透明感があって、それが、アコースティク・ギターやピアノのアルペジオとともに、まるで線香花火のように燃えている。儚さと力強さのバランスをギリギリで保ちながら、でもものすごく不安定な生き方をしているんじゃないかと思う。「IT'S ALRIGHT」という言葉が頻繁に出てくるが、どれもニヒリズミックなもので、厭世的で、ギラギラしている。MARTHA が実際いま何歳なのかは知らないけれども、この世界観には流石にドキッとしてしまう。
この絶望的といってもいい世界観をカミング・アウトして音楽界に正式に踏み込んだ MARTHA WAINERIGHT。今後の彼女の”変化”に注目しながら長く見ていこうと思う。
「Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole」…穏やかならぬサビと曲タイトルに苦笑いしてしまいますが、闇雲に感情を吐き出すでもなく、素直な気持ちを端正に包み込み、優しく問いかける佳曲です。ただ、そんな印象が全編に渡り続くので、波風の立たない音の風景が、動(やや)もすると退屈です。
平穏無事であることに越したことはないのが人生ですが、無風の中に佇むことは、実はしんどいことなんですよね。
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Schade, dass ich die Künstlerin erst jetzt entdeckt habe. Bin begeistert!
I'm not as knowledgeable about the complete oeuvre of this musical clan, but I have an idea of just how daunting it might be to have all that to live up to. To say that Martha Wainwright pulled it off as close to brilliantly as you're likely to get may be true, but it DOES sound a little pat. There are so many hints of struggle--artistic and personal--here that it may come off as a bit condescending to suggest things like she's lived up to the family name(s) and that, hey, these days she seems to "be in a good space."
I mean, it's a bit of a relief to learn that whatever issues drove her to pen her most infamous song--which we'll discreetly abbreviate to "BMFA," as others have done before us--seem to have been resolved enough so that she can now comfortably share the stage with that tune's inspiration, dad Loudon. (But note, she DID not name her own son Loudon IV). At what point, she'll drag the song out to play for her own son remains uncertain. You gotta know that someday some other kid at the prep school will bring it up somewhere along the line, "Hey, Arky, I hear your mom recorded a song called 'BMFA'." Better to explain it all in your own terms, before that happens.
But now I'm sounding like Ann Landers--or Oprah, who actually gets name checked on Martha's record. And yes, it works: and no, it's not all self-indulgence. Martha Wainwright is actually an evocative, as well as PROvocative lyricist. the gripping "Factory" is perhaps the most immediately evident example of her poetic gifts, but even the most casual listeners will hear lines jump out at them at unexpected moments and from almost every song.
I knew from the NPR are interview that some the of the most jarring and disturbing lines from "Far Away" (the album's opener) no longer apply. If she performs the song nowadays, she must have to explain to the audience that the lyrics "I have no children,I have no husband.I have no reason to be alive/O give me one.." are reflective of a former life. And, hopefully, that they weren't to be taken at face value even then. But there's very little on the record that's on "face value" level anyway. This is a record you want to back to again and again, though perhaps not in rapid succession.