Joanna Newsom's Ys

[Ya Sam]

This review looks pretty appealing.

"In “Emily,” she paints an organic tale of a dying kingdom, and the swoop 
and pull of the orchestration (arranged by Van Dyke Parks) makes it sound 
like an apocalyptic dirge from another planet.

“Monkey & Bear” is more in the vein of medieval balladry, its 
anthropomorphized title characters undertaking an epic journey with 
lute-like accompaniment. “Sawdust & Diamonds,” on the other hand, has its 
watery imagery matched by Newsom’s lulling, swirling harp-play.

The 17-minute “Only Skin” invokes Pynchon and Tolkien simultaneously, with 
its setting impossible to place and Newsom’s word-choice at its evocative 
peak. “We tramped through the poison oak / heartbroke and inchoate,” she 
whispers and shrieks at once, in the middle of a song that changes tone, 
meter, and story repeatedly, and yet remains remarkably cohesive."


http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=515838

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