Ferric is a wonderful DIY
CD, undoubtedly the best I heard in 1998.
| "Despite the lack of
production (understandable under these conditions),
Ferric demonstrates a great writing talent along
with an accurate vision for moods, a talent which
might put Dagmar 41 up there with the likes of
Kate Bush, Tori Amos and mostly Peter Hammill.
The song "Picture Me And The Waterman"
is a fantastic track..." - Francois
Couture, Delire
Musical, CFLX Radio, Quebec. |
| "...all
in all, it's a 'well-doner'. And of course the
lyrics are sensitive and intelligent... what else
would one expect!" - Peter Hammill. |
|
Ferric has a lovely clean, open sound textures and
superb moods. The first time I played it I'd just come home from
a stressful day after being up till after 2:30am the previous
morning, and it filled me with joy, relief and happiness. It's
funny, but I've been thinking for quite a time now that the music
scene needs a renaissance, there's a need for warm heartfelt
music that yet takes you on a journey with the aim of delicately
pleasing and entertaining one. An antidote to the cold,
aggressive sound that too much contemporary music seems to assume.
I find the way she puts her thoughts
and feelings into it so vividly a pleasure to behold.
Sophisticated yet still very tuneful and listenable to!
Track
listing
| 1 |
|
picture me & the
waterman |
| 2 |
|
attitude |
| *3 |
|
nænia |
| 4 |
|
headless in siena |
| 5 |
|
ferric |
| 6 |
|
great wooden horse |
| 7 |
|
think arc |
| 8 |
|
irony |
| 9 |
|
new lad movement song |
| *10 |
|
no orpheus |
| 11 |
|
the guitar sounds
marginally better than the table |
| 12 |
|
ynori |
| 13 |
|
to not wake up |
* also feature Stuart Gordon's
fiddle.
Like all great CDs, it has the habit
of quantum tunnelling its way into my CD players on a very
regular basis. It's probably unfair to single out specific
tracks, but among my favourite tracks are picture me &
the waterman, which is sung with a particular brightness
even though it's outwardly about the breakup of a relationship; nænia,
whose opening lyric 'Limestone and dancers are with you all the
way' mesmerises me even though again it's a sad them; great
wooden horse which neatly combines a number of horsy images,
including of course the Trojan one; and no orpheus which
also has Stuart Gordon's violin swirling gracefully over
sensitive piano and, as on all the tracks, the tender engaging
vocals.