Heartlandtruckstop by Beth Orton
From Comfort of Strangers (2006)
I have never really been much of a Beth Orton fan. There were songs that I liked (“You Don’t Need a Reason” from Trailer Park was perhaps my favorite) and parts of songs that were nice, but in general I couldn’t get too excited about her half-digital half-folk chick thing. On COS, more than ably produced by Jim O’Rourke (Wilco, among others), Orton leads a tight little combo (often just Orton and a rhythm section) through short and bouncy pop-like tunes with the occasional brutal confession, like:
From Comfort of Strangers (2006)
I have never really been much of a Beth Orton fan. There were songs that I liked (“You Don’t Need a Reason” from Trailer Park was perhaps my favorite) and parts of songs that were nice, but in general I couldn’t get too excited about her half-digital half-folk chick thing. On COS, more than ably produced by Jim O’Rourke (Wilco, among others), Orton leads a tight little combo (often just Orton and a rhythm section) through short and bouncy pop-like tunes with the occasional brutal confession, like:
See I wanted to give but I just couldn't take itI wanted to love but I turned around and hated it
One of the thing I always did like about Orton is that she could deliver such heavy sentiments but her odd, semi-fragile voice carried an undercurrent of hope. Its the same on COS and more; with such sympathetic collaborators she's made her best music yet.
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