Lavender Diamond Open Your Heart
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
Music Reviews Artist: Lavender DiamondTitle: 'Open Your Heart'Label: Rough Trade RecordsWebsite: http://www.lavenderdiamond.com
  Lavender Diamond are one of those folk/ indie groups who are able to successfully mix a blend of 60’s/ 70’s folk with a more up to date orchestral pop that appeals, is worth listening to and grabs the attention of the common man and woman.
On the bands first single from ‘Imagine Our Love‘, Lavender Diamond’s upcoming debut album on Rough Trade Records, ‘Open Your Heart’ is a track which deals with a complex range of emotions. Incorporating love, sadness, yearning and loss in a simple lyrically format, front woman Becky Stark’s gorgeous vocals accompany a beautiful rhythm and melody that reigns throughout the track from beginning to end.
The track opens with a simple foot pounding bass drum, combined with a variety of percussional adornments and is reminiscent of a ‘Rolling Stones’ number with that mid 70’s folk feel. A melodic piano and acoustic guitar ensemble flash into ear shot at the flick of a switch and are coupled with interludes of well constructed orchestral unison throughout.
‘Open Your Heart’ is a real feel good track and lyrically, although simple in form and number, is memorable and easily caught in the for front of your mind. Stark sings: ’Well the streets are low, when you have to go, where are you running to ?’. Vocally Becky Stark is perfect in every way, showing some real eloquence and sincerity in her projection and offers shades of the talent of Joni Mitchell.
A faultless attempt and a successful resurrection of a genre making a big come back.
Words By: Matt Clutton
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