Josephine Foster - Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
Posted June 24th, 2007 by aidan
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Another strange little work. Very much a hippie album - all acoustic guitars, vocals and flutes of some description. The basis is quite traditional - reminds me of, and I'll show my ignorance here, Joan Baez. See, I really don't know very much about the style but it sounds almost medieval to me. Thing is, it's actually very dark and experimental in places.
Initially I downloaded the title track after reading a review but it's There Are Eyes Above that really jumps out at me when I listen to the album, it's a beautiful number. Hominy Grits too.
Her mad soprano vocals are all over the place which is going to make this rather inaccessible for most.
Personally I find it to be very pretty.