2009 release. Following the release of Lisa Germano's 2006 album, in the Maybe World, and a good deal of subsequent touring, she hid herself away for a long while and this beautiful music started emerging. The depth of feeling in her words and singing on this album is truly remarkable and she never fails to tug at the listener's heart. Somehow it's sad, wistful and hopeful all at once. It's very private solitary music. It's deeply engaging and when you listen to it, you'll stop what you're doing and drift off into Germano's world., Labelcode YNGG39.2
"Magic Neighbor" est un album envoûtant de Lisa Germano proposé au format CD par le prestigieux label Young God Records. Cet opus met en avant la voix éthérée de l?artiste ainsi que des arrangements subtils et une écriture introspective qui lui sont propres. Les morceaux de "Magic Neighbor", mêlant dream pop, folk et musique expérimentale créent une expérience d?écoute intime empreinte d?émotion et de profondeur artistique unique à Lisa Germano depuis ses débuts dans les années 1990 ; son disque « Geek the Girl » figure parmi les meilleurs albums des années 90 selon Spin Magazine et elle s?est illustrée aux côtés d?artistes tels que John Mellencamp ou David Bowie grâce à sa polyvalence musicale remarquable. Le label Young God Records fondé par Michael Gira (du groupe Swans) se distingue quant à lui par son engagement envers des musiciens novateurs repoussant sans cesse les limites créatives ? un cadre idéal pour accueillir cette sortie évocatrice.
Lisa Germano is, shall we say, a repeat offender. By which I mean, her records over the past half-decade or so are of the same mood and address simila...
Jake Thomas - 04/01/2010
Lisa Germano has made a career out of songs of world-weariness and very open, confessional lyrics. With her new album, Magic Neighbor, she still sound...
Dave Heaton - 09/11/2009
The brief music-box chime that opens Magic Neighbor works like an alert that we’re entering a dream-space, especially since it begins a lovely i...
Jon Lusk - 15/10/2009
Despite having talent to burn and a unique artistic vision, alt-torch US singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano has had a rough ride...
Joshua Klein - 08/10/2009
There's glum, and then there's Lisa Germano glum, a sort of wry reaction to bearing the heavy weight of the world mingled with the realization that li...
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