Clarissa release conveys emotion
By Lm
Stwmmre StBpQrtS.
dart mm i* • band famed from the a.h«» of the
tnw'ly unknown yet brilliant band Snatches of
Pink, who produced the critically acclaimed
acoustic album. Sent *1ih Prey
With I heir now album. Sihm. Clarissa uim mom
electric guitar., but the mum remain* fairly «,ft
and mallow Silver u along tha Horn of dark, folk
tinged rock With high intensity. somewhere in tha
soundscape of Mark Unttgan REM and Cowboy
funkies.
Thl* is definitely music for a rainy Sunday
Him
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morning. If* full of
—Iwtnoljf. sadness and
a general (aaling of to**
and emptiness
What la atnasing on
thi* album is tha amount
of amotion and powar of
tha tong* carried by tha
toft voice of tha guitarist
and *ingar, Micbaal Rank
Sometime* Rank just
whisper*. making him
•ound desperate and isolated. ju*t barely reach
ing out to tne listener
The tonga have a crisp feel to them The combi
nation of tne friendly voice, mintly strummed gui
tars. bass and drums sound familiar and pleasant,
yet the music is original in its own way Clarissa
doesn't break any new ground in the spectrum of
rock music, they fust create intense and beautiful
songs.
The record starts off with "For You." a catchy
ballad that folia along nicely and sets the mood for
the album.
"High Horses" is one of the best tracks on the
album, s pretty yat depressing melody accumpa
nied by s violin, which contributes to the emo
tional content of the sound In the middle of the
song, the music quiets down and Rank is fast
whispering before a rocking guitar solo comes in
It's these kinds of interesting changes and emo
CtorteM • tataat (Mnm. ’Maw/ inctudaa drastic
tn^rumwtM ami amotion* aMtta that add vartaty
tkmsl swing* that nulu> Sifom so iikumIuI
“Sail Away" (• th«» kind of i«lt hv. folktlngnd
nick song that would make Michaaf Slip* proud f
"Ilhams" recall* tha band * more acoustic sida.
but in splla of th«* )a< k of volume and dntmv
ClUritM pulls off a great tuna
"Bandit*" is th* most rocking number on tha
album, and whiia it‘» a good song on it* own. It
reams out of placa on this record But it's a plus
that tha band ian't afraid to try diffarent sounds
and < hanga stylos a bit
Tha album ami* with "Strangs Plat sa.~ a parfw t
closing track that includes bongo drum* and soma
rreat vocal harmonta* that makas dnrtsaa sound a
bit lika tha W * version of Ooabv. Stills and Nash
What la impresstvs on this album ia that ovary
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