Boston indie singer Leah Callahan has picked an apt title for her new album, Curious Tourist. She started out as New Wave artist, but she loves to explore (and master) other genres as well. In the title track she brushes shoulders with late night jazz, Ordinary Face is a spot-on baroque pop song, and she gets the party started with a slice of country in Nowhere Girl. Bubblegum pop for grown ups can be found in Super. Fellow Bostonians Pixies get a nod with a hint of surf in Social Climber. The album's sole cover, You Don't Love Me (No No No), is turned into late night jazz meets ska song.
Callahan is like a kid in a candy store, who can't settle for just a couple of treats, but that is not a problem at all. Her enthusiasm is contagious and she created an album where each song could have been a single. Don't sleep on the piano ballad Duras or the post-progressive instrumental All's Fair in War as the dark horse to be cherished by serious music fans and adventurous DJ's who don't give a fuck about corporate formats.
Leah Callahan: vocals
Alex Brander: percussion, drums
Chris Stern: guitars, horns, piano, voice, words, melodies, production, arrangements
Jeremy Fortier: viola
Curious Tourist is a self-released album. Buy it from her website. Release date: April 29.
Tracks:- Nowhere Girl
- No One
- Curious Tourist
- Super
- Ordinary Face
- Social Climber
- Wish
- All's Fair in War
- Duras
- You Don't Love Me (No No No)
» Leah Callahan on Bandcamp
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