Title: Natalie Merchant? Turn up the treble, kid.
Review: It's understandable that one would equate Merchant to Paris, but why? Would anyone consider Natalie Merchant's voice to be childlike and innocent? I think not. Paris's lyrics are more haunting and heartbreaking for this very reason (on Glow especially.) This album, musically brilliant as well as vocally, pulls at your emotions with the girlish voice telling childish stories about relatives' houses and kid's games played around the "library lions." The authenticity of these situations combined with her small voice (bravado as it may be) make for a beautiful tour of youth in a lovely country. Natalie's a bit on the older side (figuratively and sonically.) Maybe she's like her older sister or something.
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