Scotland’s Angela McCluskey has done much in her lengthy career. Although she’s done great work in outfits like Wild Colonials, Telepopmusik, and The Garden Of Eden, she has also provided vocals for plenty of commercials, movies, and TV shows. The Roxy Sessions <\/i>showcases McCluskey’s ability to deftly move between genres that span decades, as the tracks here were penned by McCluskey and her producer Kiran Shahani in a mere three weeks at the Roxy Hotel. <\/p>\n
\u201cEight Stories High\u201d begins the listen with rich instrumentation that immediately highlights McCluskey’s inimitable sultry vocals, which are reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Next up comes the upbeat, electric \u201cNot Crying Anymore,\u201d a track boasting horns and a dance friendly beat. \u201cLet’s Get Lost\u201d brings us back to the ’20s and sounds like it would play at a speakeasy. Then, McCluskey skips a few decades and brings \u201cTurn Out The Lights,\u201d which could soundtrack your favorite James Bond flick. \u201cYou And Me\u201d yields a playful, upbeat atmosphere, tailor-made for sunny days, while \u201cParis To Hollywood\u201d finishes out the first half of the album with a similar playfulness and throwback approach to soulful pop sounds. <\/p>\n
The second half of the album leads off strong with the key and groove friendly \u201cSay Hello\u201d before the lush and darker \u201cWhat About Us.\u201d \u201cInsufficient Feeling\u201d is the quietest moment on this half with acoustic guitars, but it offers dance friendly moments with xylophones complementing the song well. \u201cHit And Run\u201d is undoubtedly one of the best offerings here, featuring ’60s surf influenced guitars. <\/p>\n
Although the music is well played, eclectic, and memorable, it’s McCluskey’s voice that steals the show. Possessing qualities similar to Stevie Nicks, Marianne Faithful, and the aforementioned Billie Holiday, her tone and inflection works well with the vintage sounds as well as the more colorful rock moments. McCluskey has fans as famous as Michael Stipe and Cyndi Lauper \u2013 and probably you, too, if you listen (though you’re probably less famous). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[9999],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-44936","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-angela-mccluskey","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44936"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44936"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}