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NFR 013 Karrie Hopper An Unusual Move MP3s: Twilight Song, Tuesday |
Her parents and God (or the deity of your choice, if you believe in that sort of thing) may have bestowed upon Karrie Hopper a singing voice youthful in its innocence and straightforwardness, but she sings with an aged perspective and poignancy. This was immediately obvious to us upon our first exposure to Karrie, her song "Take My Life": "The Mother and Daughter are almost the same...I'm sorry I was a difficult child to raise. I know I drained every bit of you, that's why I'm like you." Next we heard was "Tuesday", a song about patience and unrequited love, and when she sings that "Your answer will come in a matter of time", it's all too evident to both us and Karrie-Present that Karrie-Past is waiting for something that's never going to arrive, at least in the way that she wants it. After that we were undyingly hooked on her sounds - a voice with the rare combination of distinctiveness and honesty backed with mostly a nylon-string guitar and sometimes minimal accompaniment - and we know that soon you'll be too.
Tracklisting: An Unusual Move / Twilight Song / Tuesday / The Night Game / Beyond The Wild / Prayer Before Nightmare / Ten Years From Now / True Rider / Racing / Take My Life / Inspiration City / You Were Loved
Reviews of An Unusual Move:
Urban Pollution
Palebear
The Dance Of Days - (go to the "H" section of the archives and ctril-f "karrie hopper")