This little gem of an album is rather hard to find stateside, but for fans of Fleetwood Mac, it\u2019s worth seeking out.<\/p>\n
The Rua is an Irish sibling trio with more experience acting than in music, but their debut is surprisingly mature and emotional, pop-friendly but never sappy in its exploration of love. As with many Irish pop acts (the Cranberries, U2, Sinead O\u2019Connor), there\u2019s a melancholy that underscores the songwriting and gives it more heft than songs of this type otherwise have.<\/p>\n
But even casual listeners to Fleetwood Mac will recognize the heavy influence of Rumours <\/i>here, not just in the lyrics and coed singing but in the musical approach to songs like \u201cFire & Lies\u201d and \u201cWithout You,\u201d which sound like two different takes on \u201cDreams\u201d but with a little more urgency and less regret. Lead singer Roseanna Brown has a strong set of clarion pipes that are pushed forward in the mix \u2013 maybe a tad too forward, but that\u2019s nitpicking. \u201cFire & Rain\u201d is the third single from the album, released in spring 2017, and is the album\u2019s highlight; start here if you\u2019re unfamiliar with these guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cInto The Crowd\u201d deserves note as well, as does leadoff song and single \u201cFight Fire With Fire,\u201d which uses the trio\u2019s classical music background to add some swelling strings over top of driving acoustic guitar, some great singing from Brown, and an Irish-infused break. \u201cHear Them Calling\u201d follows a similar path, and \u201cAs Good As It Gets\u201d lends a slight folk element to its pervasive Rumours <\/i>influence, underscoring the drama with a compelling performance from Brown.<\/p>\n
The middle of the disc goes a bit heavy on the strings and a bit less on the memorable melodies, but it\u2019s still well-written and surprisingly mature, given the current pop climate and the ages of the trio. Essence <\/i>may not change your life, but it\u2019s a refreshing, absorbing pop album with class and heart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":33235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10040],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-45044","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-rua","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45044","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\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45044"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45044"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}