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MUSIC REVIEW
Band: Katharine Whalen
Album: "Dirty Little Secret"
Label: M.C. Records
On this haunting, moving solo album from Raleigh, NC singer Katharine (and former member of Squirrel Nut Zippers) laces the songs with a sultry, strong honesty. With lurid, evocative arrangements and varied sounds that combine with vocals ranging from guttural to ethereal to yearning, Dirty Little Secretis a superb album. "The Funnest Game" boasts Big Band groove with Whalen's confident yet bitter-sweet voice of experience-"I wasn't always like this/ I used to be happy just like you/ I had a sweetheart/ We were never apart/ I thought that love was true."
On the sweet, slower title track, she sings from her heart, which can be heartbreaking at times. The more cheerful, pop-laced "The Garden" features old-style harmonizing and soothing vocal stylings. On "Want You Back," calypso horns solidify the aching feel on this catchy track-"I don't know and I don't care/ I still see you everywhere/ So go away and don't come back/ But don't believe me because I still want you back."
Katharine's stunning voice layered with electronica and jazz backgrounds makes Dirty Little Secretan unforgettable, addictive, truly unique listening experience from an immensely talented artist.
- Amy Steele
www.katharinewhalen.com
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