There’s a whole army of currently rising musicians with a sharp eye for political and social commentary, and whose art seemingly defies categorization. The Los Angeles songstress Sunny War, a forthright and brazen young woman with an iconoclastic mind, is at the top of that list. <\/p>\n
With Shell Of A Girl,<\/i> War \u2013 who has been writing songs since the was just 13 years old \u2013delivers like an old soul who is really coming into her own.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u201cShell\u201d gets the album off to a warm and spirited start with a light and groove-filled setting as War’s inimitable and smooth vocals take zero time to enjoy. \u201cWhere The Lost Get Found\u201d follows with a soft acoustic guitar alongside emotive vocals that bring in harmonicas and playful percussion, too.<\/p>\n
A lyrically rich album, songs like \u201cDrugs Are Bad\u201d don’t pull any punches on the topic, as blues ideas invade the cautious, folky melodies that have some biting punk spirit in them. Meanwhile, \u201cLove Became Pain\u201d shuffles with an Americana feeling that’s full of ruggedness amid the timeless beauty. \u201cSoul Tramp,\u201d one of the many highlights present, recruits acrobatic guitar playing that I’d have to imagine that Elliott Smith would admire. <\/p>\n
Near the end, \u201cGot No Ride\u201d is a graceful journey of meticulous instrumentation that seems tailor made for late night contemplation, and \u201cThe Likes Of You\u201d continues that theme with brilliant picking and a laidback approach. \u201cXO\u201d exists the listen with keys and agile guitar playing, with War’s creative prowess shining bright. <\/p>\n
A former Venice Beach performer who was homeless not too long ago either, Sunny War grew up active in the punk scene (her previous band was called Anus Kings). While Shell Of A Girl <\/i>might flirt heavily with folk-punk, there are also jazz influences, roots flavor, and plenty of moody yet charming song craft to be found on this articulate, gripping album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10431],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45733","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-sunny-war","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45733","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=45733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45733"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}