Anne Steele
Made Out Of Stars
Review by Gary Hill
Anyone who knows me well knows that, in general, I'm not a big fan of pop music. I tend to always like the deeper cuts better on albums, the ones that don't get heard as much. When it comes to the pop music of today, that is even more true. Most of the stuff you hear on pop radio is so over-produced and artificially manipulated that it seems to lose all semblance of real music. It's important for me to get all that out there because it's a true testament to the talent and sound on this set when I say that this (despite being very much the kind of music you will hear on modern pop radio) is very good.
This set avoids so much of the over-production of modern pop music. Anne Steele's voice is so strong that she really doesn't need a lot of manipulation to make her sound good. The songs are well written and produced. Those things combine to show that you can work within the genre of modern pop and still produce quality music.
This review is available in book (paperback and hardcover) in Music Street Journal: 2019 Volume 1. More information and purchase links can be found at: garyhillauthor.com/Music-Street-Journal-2019.
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