Mary Hampton Folly(2011)[FLAC] torrent

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Folly [2011] Teaspoon Records TSR 001



1 The Man Behind the Rhododendron
2 Benjamin Bowmaneer
3 Forget-Me-Not
4 Kiss V
5 Hoax and Benison
6 Honey in the Rock
7 No 32
8 Lullaby for the Beleaguered

Making full use of her brand-new, four-piece band Cotillion, Brighton-based folk singer Mary Hampton’s second album, Folly, may be a slightly more expansive record than her sparsely produced 2008 debut, My Mother’s Children, but it’s still her ethereal gliding vocals which remain her most valuable asset. Whether they’re swooping effortlessly over the gothic cello drone of “Forget Me Not” and the string-soaked adaptation of the Emily Dickinson poem, “No. 32,” or providing an eerie sense of melancholy on the achingly tender ballad “Lullaby for the Beleaguered” and the a cappella, sea shanty-styled closer “Pear Tree,” Hampton’s mixture of whimsy, eeriness, and intensity somehow manages to bring something new to a sound steeped in tradition. Indeed, its nine tracks couldn’t be more old-school if they tried: check the fluttering flutes, enchanting steam pipes, and drum roll rhythms of opener “The Man Behind the Rhododendron,” which evoke the Victorian era which the empirical lyric themes are based on; the gentle brass section of “Hoax and Benison” which lends a wartime jazz feel to the yearning torch song, and the Middle Eastern-tinged acoustic balladry of “Kiss V” sounding like something that would be played during a medieval coronation. Indeed, it’s a testament to Hampton’s songwriting skills that the originals feel just as timeless as the two covers on offer here, a haunting birdsong-sampling rendition of mid-17th century folk tune “Benjamin Bowamaneer,” and a lilting, banjo-plucking interpretation of Blind Mamie Forehand’s gospel-blues classic “Honey in the Rock.” Of course, with its focus on the historical Folly is unlikely to be embraced by the current nu-folk mainstream, but it’s a spine-tingling listen which should enchant the majority of those who happen to stumble across it.


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