Ed Nimmervoll , an Australian music journalist , declared '' Under the Town '' to be his Feature Album for the week of 5 September that year . He explained that " she 's moving on , growing . What has n't changed is the revealing , daring nature of her songs , Holly musing on life and love in a quiet breathless provocative voice , accentuating every word . She 's sensual and fragile . The songs are filled with images and feelings that spill between the songs . " '' Mess Noise '' s Craig Mathieson opined that " playfulness comes easily , but it ’s the unease that lingers " while her " voice has an airy , splintered tone – certain syllables crack under the pressure – and she uses it to move easily between gently plangent pop and formal folk constructs . " Throsby promoted the album with a national tour , interrupted by a short tour of New Zealand . She described her writing process to Laura MacIntyre of MediaSearch website , " I 've never had any music lessons , I do n't understand music theory . I make chord shapes , but I really just make things up as I go along ... I have ideas for a song , a song can start from one word , one image ... Melodies seem to pop out of thin air often , as if the song is already written , the melodies just seem to come . It 's almost involuntary . ” Throsby 's third album , '' A Loud Call '' ( July 2008 ) , was produced in Nashville by Mark Nevers ( Lambchop , Andrew Bird ) with string and horn arrangements recorded in Kangaroo Valley ( near Kiama ) by Dupé . It includes guest vocals by Bonnie " Prince " Billy and guest musicians from Lambchop and Silver Jews . '' A Loud Call '' was hailed by the Australian and the British press as Throsby 's strongest work . Joel Bryant of Same Same website praised its " instrumental depth , a notable departure from the bareness of her previous albums . " '' Daily Mirror '' s Gavin Martin described Throsby as " sylph-like " and that " Pumping up the volume is not in her game plan " on her " alluring album " as she " knows decibels are n't needed to capture emotional wonders . " Mark Deming of AllMusic felt she was " able to sound fragile and strong at the same time ; there 's a wary vulnerability in her breathy vocals , but the emotional power of her music is enough to persuade anyone that this is someone who possesses a firm will when she needs it . " '' A Loud Call '' peaked at No . 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart – her highest placement as a solo artist . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 it provided her second nomination as Best Female Artist . Throsby toured extensively in Australia , as well as tours in Europe with Paul Kelly , The Handsome Family , and The Tallest Man on Earth – who covered Throsby 's track , " To Begin With " , at his subsequent live shows . Throsby played at the St Jerome 's Laneway , and Splendour in the Grass festivals in 2007 and 2009
ARIA Music Awards of 2008
ARIA Music Awards of 2008
Holly Throsby