Blog: AWmusic

Laura Barrett : Victory Garden Laura Barrett's main instrument is the kalimba, an African thumb piano. It is both rhythmic and somewhat melodic. Laura's kalimba playing has a fairly uniform sound, which makes it a huge plus that some other instruments are featured on Victory Garden (and making it a big step up from here Earth Sciences EP). Among other things, the music here could be called lo-fi. My biggest complaint about the album is that the songs don't seem to really go anywhere—it's always quiet, and there are few build-ups or [...]