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Genre: folk/pop Rating:  ½Check Out: “Touch Back Down,” “Forever,” “No Reply,” and “Unsteady Ground.”  myspace |
In her second album, Catherine Feeny effectively blows any other indie folk artist out of the water.
Yes, that’s an abrupt beginning to an album review, but it’s as definitive a statement I can make without going into obsequious detail. Hurricane Glass is filled with beautiful lyrics that are all the more honest and raw with Feeny’s matter-of-fact voice. She reminds me of a cross between Aimee Mann and The New Frontiers, but less focused on drugs and/or love and more focused on the idea of truth.
But that’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of love songs on this album, because most of them are love songs. Yet, instead of a ‘mushy’ sort of love we hear a more realistic treatment; here, the unknown lover’s faults are recounted with ease but with an upbeat slant that calls to mind the old adage, ‘love is blind.’ This theme is consistent throughout the album which makes a couple of the songs seem extraneous, but it’s an excellent sophomore album that proves some people know how to avoid the dreaded ‘sophomore slump’ with ease.
Tags: catherine feeny, hurricane glass
