Katie Burden
Edge Of Sleep
Cautionary Tail
It is really hard to be surprised by any βnewβ sounds these days. Somehow you just get the feeling youβve heard it all before. Too much of it. The influences are not only worn on a sleeve, theyβre falling all over the place.
So, imagine such a surprise to hear something that at least stands out from the rest, like the new Katie Burden EP Edge of Sleep, particularly if it is your first encounter with Burden at all. You realize that the βat leastβ categorization goes a few steps further into the unknown direction.
Sure, Burden has her influences too, but she mixes them up so well, she turns them into her own personal musical meta language. It is hard to place her sound but you might as well take the word of her labelβs PR, which says that her taste for the theatrical and shamanistic delivery often conjure up the ghost of Jim Morrison but in a modern context, her sound falls somewhere between Perfume Genius and CocoRosie.
Is the PR exaggerating? Not really. It does take a bit of imagination to make the Morrison connection, but the other two work quite well. Still, what you realize on the evidence of Edge of Sleep is her own artist. And nobody elseβs. More, please.
ArtistΒ Links
SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: KATIE BURDEN – EDGE OF SLEEP
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