Sunday, April 20, 2008

Tristan Prettyman












Tristan Prettyman的声音有点接近之前介绍过的Meria Mena,都是有点点哑。给人的感觉很舒服……

这种声音对于民谣应该是再适合不过了,喜欢轻快节奏的可以试试看。15号刚发了第二张专辑,2张都还蛮好听的。

A couple years ago, San Diego singer-songwriter Tristin Prettyman was a competitive surfer. These days, she seems to prefer staying out of the water but still under the stars. Her debut album seems custom made for sunset-hour clambakes and bonfires on the beach, a swell of acoustic guitars, quiet melodies and lapping waves that serenely come together on unadorned folk-pop songs like "The Story" and "Song For The Rich." G. Love plays harmonica on a pair of tracks, while beau Jason Mraz provides vocals for the sweet and tender "Shy That Way." But it's Prettyman's hazily magnificent voice--limited in range but dreamy in scope--that really keeps this album afloat.

Hello, Tristan Prettyman's second album is an appealing portrait of this freewheeling San Diego, CA, native as she narrates stories about her life, loves and heartbreaks in her seductive, smoky alto. With laid-back melodies springing from finger-picked acoustic guitar, plaintive pedal-steel guitar, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, and strings, Hello explores Prettyman's love of country-blues and folk from the '60s and '70s, on songs like the first single "Madly", as well as "Echo", and "Just A Little Bit".


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