Tiny Tin Lady – Ridiculous Bohemia (Tiny Tin Label).
Ridiculous Bohemia is Tiny Tin Lady’s second album and follows on from their critically acclaimed debut in 2006. For the new album, the all-girl group from Merseyside has added Kat Gilmore on violin to the established line up of sisters Beth & Danni Gibbins on guitar and vocal and Helen Holmes on bass. They have honed their skills supporting acts such as Fairport Convention, Midge Ure & Jah Wobble and have performed at more than 30 festivals. The first of twelve original songs is Fall Into Line, which has a crystal clear vocal, a quirky beat and lovely harmony. Anti-Social Sciences has a Corrs feel, perhaps this is down to the three part female harmony – good song. Green And Brown And Grey is not the most endearing of titles but the Corrs theme continues and the fiddler just makes them sound like them all the more. In My Room is another sedate, folksy offering and these soft sounds are just perfect for drifting away on. They are quickly adding themselves into my chill out playlist. Dubble Bummage is more up-tempo but that title needs further explanation. Pretty Eyes is classy and those harmonies are just perfect.
I’ll stay away from the obvious comments about Seven Weeks Of Strip Poker. It has a Russian vibe and a high pace, something they don’t do often enough. It shows that there is more than one level to Tiny Tin Lady. Growing Pains is graceful and has that slight Celtic influence that has been just under the surface since the start – very good. The Road To Ridiculous Bohemia is a bit tame, unfortunately. The introduction of violin does give them that Bohemian feel nonetheless. The eponymous title track is higher paced but they are losing it a bit and struggling to keep up the standards of the earlier part of the album. Love Is A Duel is a calm, pretty song but why have a minutes silence at the end? Perhaps it was for the loser! The final track, My Heineken Keg, is good fun and an exercise in finding words to rhyme with keg.
http://www.tinytinlady.com/
Ridiculous Bohemia is Tiny Tin Lady’s second album and follows on from their critically acclaimed debut in 2006. For the new album, the all-girl group from Merseyside has added Kat Gilmore on violin to the established line up of sisters Beth & Danni Gibbins on guitar and vocal and Helen Holmes on bass. They have honed their skills supporting acts such as Fairport Convention, Midge Ure & Jah Wobble and have performed at more than 30 festivals. The first of twelve original songs is Fall Into Line, which has a crystal clear vocal, a quirky beat and lovely harmony. Anti-Social Sciences has a Corrs feel, perhaps this is down to the three part female harmony – good song. Green And Brown And Grey is not the most endearing of titles but the Corrs theme continues and the fiddler just makes them sound like them all the more. In My Room is another sedate, folksy offering and these soft sounds are just perfect for drifting away on. They are quickly adding themselves into my chill out playlist. Dubble Bummage is more up-tempo but that title needs further explanation. Pretty Eyes is classy and those harmonies are just perfect.
I’ll stay away from the obvious comments about Seven Weeks Of Strip Poker. It has a Russian vibe and a high pace, something they don’t do often enough. It shows that there is more than one level to Tiny Tin Lady. Growing Pains is graceful and has that slight Celtic influence that has been just under the surface since the start – very good. The Road To Ridiculous Bohemia is a bit tame, unfortunately. The introduction of violin does give them that Bohemian feel nonetheless. The eponymous title track is higher paced but they are losing it a bit and struggling to keep up the standards of the earlier part of the album. Love Is A Duel is a calm, pretty song but why have a minutes silence at the end? Perhaps it was for the loser! The final track, My Heineken Keg, is good fun and an exercise in finding words to rhyme with keg.
http://www.tinytinlady.com/
