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Reviews: Daria Musk ~ Self-Titled
Posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009 @ 19:05:30 PST
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: Daria Musk
CD: Self-Titled
Home: Newton, Connecticut
Style: Alt Rock
Quote: "Daria Musk has one fantastic voice. It soars, whispers, laughs when she herself is not, technically, laughing, and it could probably belt out hard rock with real credibility if it wanted to."
By Jennifer Layton
First sentence in my notes, once I picked myself up after being sonically thrown from my chair:
“Holy crap, this woman can sing.”
Yes, that’s how I earned my title of Assistant Editor at Indie-Music.com. Skillful craftsmanship with words. Do not try this at home.
Daria Musk has one fantastic voice. It soars, whispers, laughs when she herself is not, technically, laughing, and it could probably belt out hard rock with real credibility if it wanted to. Combine that with creative, daring songwriting, and you have got a force to be reckoned with. Now I understand why her album cover shows her with her guitar plugged into a tree. She’s tapped into a creative Higher Power on this project. The fact that no one else sounds like this proves she’s got the Muses’ full attention and support.
She can sing a song full of childlike wonder (“Mermaid”), and then on the very next breath, break into an orchestral, jazzy, hip-hop-tinged number inspired by sidewalk graffiti (“Chalk”). She can layer her voice over and over until you get such brilliant, blissful harmonies, the musical instruments themselves are no longer necessary (the a cappella “On Your Shoulders”).
She’s got it all covered. Perhaps recognizing that a voice like hers demands way more than cliched lyrics, she writes words that connect with everyone who’s ever stumbled their way along a creative path:
So I set a course for what I cannot see
And everywhere I go, people lay questions like bricks
And they begin to weigh me down ...
I hear you, sister. Just stay on that course. You are definitely going in the right direction.
Artist Website: http://www.sonicbids.com/dariamusk
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