February Finale
Clearly I'm going to have to admit defeat - at least on one front: the format of this blog must change, at least for the foreseeable future. So let's finish off the February album of the month and then on to a new, crisper approach to the blog. Feb's fab five did get a full work out and here's what I made of them... I had high hopes for Rumer's debut, 'Seasons of my Soul', even though for some time I'd consciously ignored the album mainly due to solo female singer overload: too many too similar. Then out of the blue I heard 'Slow' and was bewitched. Sadly the rest of the album is a disappointment: don't get me wrong, her voice is beautiful and given the right material this could have been a great album, but the songs drift by like lift music, barely registering. The songs and her voice rarely combine to convey emotion - not a problem if glacial cool / ice queen is the aim (Sarah Nixey where are you now?), not so good if soul is the g