On her fifth solo full-length release, Vancouver singer-songwriter Louise Burns captures the essence of country, folk, dreampop, and synthpop in a combination so perfect that it is divine.<\/p>\n
Burns\u2019 calm and self-assured singing has a country-pop feel \u2013 think Shania Twain \u2013 that’s dreamy without sounding coy. This vocal delivery works beautifully on the opening track \u201cI Don’t Feel Like I Used To,\u201d which has a bluesy acoustic guitar hook that’s combined with Kate Bush style \u2013 psychedelic and mellow \u2013 arrangement.<\/p>\n
On \u201cLet It Die,\u201d she continues in the same direction, but with a galloping rhythm that’s as velvety smooth as it is overpoweringly dancey. \u201cBloom\u201d and \u201cKids\u201d have the same magic as the previous tracks, but with breezy pop-rock meets dreampop vibe, kind of like a relaxing drive on an open road on a picture perfect sunny day, and all is right with the world. <\/p>\n
If the first half of Element<\/i> is straight up gratifying ear candy, the second half is like pure dark chocolate; if you have a certain discerning palette, you will gravitate more toward this part of the album, especially the tracks \u201cElement,\u201d \u201cPlay Pretend,\u201d and \u201cHot Girls.\u201d<\/p>\n
These numbers have a bucolic haunting calmness that is evocative of the classic sound of Kate Bush, or the more contemporary sound of Goldfrapp. Their pillowy synths anchoring the instrumentation are heavenly and their overall instrumentation is gorgeous. Burns\u2019 confident and twangy vocals on these cuts are calming in a \u201cnon indie singer-songwriter\u201d way, as she sounds more like a self-assured country singer, adding a cool dimension to these tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cHot Girls,\u201d particularly, despite its lovelorn lyrics, has an eighties new romantic vibe, made smoother by a piano solo so melodious, that it is both cheesy and oh so good\u2026just like the caramel surprise oozing out of dark chocolate!<\/p>\n
Element<\/i> is short with just eight tracks (the ninth one is a 28-second interlude). But surprisingly, this album\u2019s humble 30 minutes are as gratifying as a 60 minute record\u2026Element<\/i> is just one heck of a satisfying musical dessert!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":35126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11012],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-47004","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-louise-burns","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47004","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47004"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}