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Dreaming of Revenge
The diminutive guitarist Kaki King acts her three roles--player, composer, and singer-songwriter--to the hilt on her fourth album. Dreaming of Revenge ricochets between instrumentals and hushed vocal numbers united by King?s unerring sense of melodicism and her prodigious, two-handed tapping guitar technique augmented by electronic delays, loops, and other effects. "Pull Me Out Alive" sounds like a pop hit from an alternate universe, with King?s softly purring voice flitting between chanted verse and a siren-call chorus. Several numbers evoke gothic forest or moonlit city dreamscapes. In particular, "Montreal," a guitar duet with producer Malcolm Burn featuring ornate layers of acoustic, electric, and steel guitars. King?s most affecting recordings are the stark ones like "Life Being What It Is," a ballad about heartbreak and sugarcoated anger featuring King?s fragile vocalizing backed only by acoustic six-string guitar. Diverse and exceptional, this disc will win acceptance beyond her core audience of guitar fans. --Ted Drozdowski
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Tracks| 1 | Bone Chaos In The Castle | | 2 | Life Being What It Is | | 3 | Sad American | | 4 | Pull Me Out Alive | | 5 | Montreal | | 6 | Open Mouth | | 7 | So Much For So Little | | 8 | Saving Days In A Frozen Head | | 9 | Air And Kilometers | | 10 | Can Anyone Who Has Heard This Music Really Be A Bad Person? | | 11 | 2 O'Clock |
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