|
 | | | |
| | Issue #19.31 :: 02/27/2008 - 03/04/2008 | Rachel Sage
"Chandelier"
| BY FRAZIA LEE
|
Rachel Sage
"Chandelier"
MPress Records
rachelsage.com
thinkpress.net
AUGUSTA, GA - It could be called theatrical pop. It is a sound that accompanies most dramatic movies — the kind where inner turmoil is splashed across the screen, causing you to shed tears, basically heaving out your soul. It is a sound that accompanies most moments where people overcome bounding tragedy, or heartbreak even, and are suddenly internally free. Rachel Sage’s music facilitates your need to experience the ways of the world with some keys elements: emotional lyricism, lush string arrangements, wailing guitar and tender piano.
“Theatrical” is the operative word here. Sage has a degree in drama from Stanford and studied at The Actors Studio. Similarly, she joins singers Eric Roberson and Sarah Borges, who participated in musical theater, which seems to put a unique spin on writing and composing music that comes straight from the heart.
“Vertigo” summons a bit of that operatic rock style. “Wishbone” takes a little from the pace of Lisa Loeb’s “Stay,” (even ends the same way) and expresses the same longing.
“Everything around me is an old wishbone/doesn’t matter who says/you’re my own,” she sings. “Moonlight & Fireflies” adds a trumpet section with the loneliness of a bluesy classic. In a switch-up, rock, jazz and spoken word coincide on “Site-Seeing.”
All through the tracks, there seem to be a strong chain link of emotions. There’s a major motion picture dying to be made from each one. On May 6, Rachel Sage’s “Chandelier” will attempt to dig deep into the soul with its music, causing you to flip emotions through your mind like a movie projector. For more on the musical theatrics of Sage, visit her Web site for more info.
| |
|
| |
|
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | |
|
|
Comments (0)
