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Kylie Fox

Sequoia

Review by Gary Hill

The music here borders on art music. At times it crosses into that zone. Most of the time it falls more into singer songwriter territory. There are plenty of retro elements here along with modern angles and sensibilities. Overall, this is a solid set of music.


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Track by Track Review
Sequoia

Keyboards are the backdrop here. The vocals have an artsy sort of vibe to them with a roots angle. After that movement works through, guitar and a full band treatment joins. We’re in a slow, older rock and roll groove from there. The vocals bring a bit of a gospel thing to bear. I like the guitar solo quite a bit. The whole arrangement has a lot of vintage sound in the mix the more it grows, and the vocals turn almost bluesy at times. The musical arrangement dissolves into noisy chaos for a time, but we’re brought back to mellower zones to end the song.

Brandi Baby

This is a pretty straight-ahead rocker. It has vintage roots music in the mix, but also alternative rock and singer-songwriter angles. It’s solid, but not really a standout.

Confetti

On the one hand, this isn’t a huge change. That said, this has more artsy angles and a lot of passion. It gets very powerful.

Ming Mei

Now this is intriguing. It’s more artsy and has hints of chamber music in some ways. It reminds me a bit of The Last Dinner Party, and that’s a good thing. It still has plenty of roots music and vintage rock and roll in the mix, though.

Flush

This has a lot of folk prog in the mix. It also has a soft, pop jazz groove, This thing is a lot of fun, and the flute really brings some magic to it. The saxophone solo and jazzy arrangement that accompanies it are great.

Hit

I love this classy groove, too. It has a lot of retro texture and a lot of style.

Alberta

This is a mellower, slower moving track. It is retro tinged, but also modern in delivery. It’s another strong tune. It has some artsy elements at times, too.

Spend the Morning with Me

There are some jazzy and bluesy things at play here. This is also artsy and unique in its delivery. Yet there are classic things at play here, too. There is some awesome bass work on this thing later.

Flying Dreams

This isn’t any kind of big change. It is built on the same sort of artsy, retro leaning music we’ve heard throughout much of the set.

Armadillo

Intricate acoustic music creates the backdrop as this gets underway. It’s among the most roots based music of the set. This has some artsier moments via backing vocals, but probably fits closets under the folk music heading.

Ali's Wedding

Retro rock vibes are a big part of the arrangement here. This is classy stuff that has some rockabilly angles at play.

Certain

Piano gets us underway here. The vocals come in over that backdrop. Some other instruments show up over the top as icing on the sonic cake at times. After this mellower movement works through, pedal steel guitar and more move into more of a country based arrangement. This is a slow moving, balladic cut that works quite well.

 
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