Sunday, November 11, 2012

Halcyon

A few weeks ago Ellie Goulding released her second full-length album, Halcyon. It is one of the best complete albums I have heard in a long time, with a good range of emotions, melodies, and beats.

If you are unfamiliar with Ellie Goulding, she is a 25 year-old singer/song-writer from Herefordshire, England. Neil McCormack from The Daily Telegraph brilliantly describes her voice: "Her tremulous vibrato and slightly hoarse timbre have the feel of something primal and folky, her birdlike high notes conveying a childlike wonder while darker tones imply ancient depths of sorrow. She sings like she is strung out on the melody, warbling from a place of desperate emotion. It really is that rarest and perhaps most accidental of gifts: an original voice."

 Here is a little sample of what he is talking about:


These are some of my favorites from the album:





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