Title: Sounds forced.
Product review: I suppose she has her bright moments but to me, this whole CD seems to be a bit forced... some nice, pretty young women can manage to sing about hobos, but frankly it made me cringe when I heard it. And "Hades and Persephone" sounds like an attempt at an intellectual allusion, a song to prove: I am sophisticated! Her voice doesn't bother me on its own but it's the attitude behind the voice. It sounds put-on.I may be wrong but it seems like she is imitating Joanna Newsom, a brilliant musician with a (curiously similar) childlike voice. I love Joanna's voice but Anais Mitchell's is petty and whining compared to hers! And her poetry, again, seems forced, not herself, like she's trying to be someone else.
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