
There is a wonderfully peculiar shudder to Jolie Holland's voice that brings out the dry and dusty backdrop of her new album, The Living and The Dead . Perhaps, her most straight forward record to date melody wise; let that be no deterrent contrarians, for the slightly after-dark overtones are on The Living and The Dead are Holland's alone. Though this space captain hasn't had the pleasure yet, I'm pretty sure this one works great for drunken late-late night dancing in the kitchen (with a partner). video: Mexico City [...]