Mary Epworth, where did you come from?
Straight out of the 1960′s west coast psychedelia, that’s where.
“Dream Life” was released this month after almost 5 years of promotion and exhaustive tooling around the concert circuit. What has come of all that effort is a big, dark, oddly-retro-without-being-retro experience. I say experience rather than album, because the music is so atmospheric at times, that it’s hardly containable. The album opens with “Long Gone”, which I find hard to describe without using words like “epic” and “grand”.
Then she shifts into “Black Doe”, which is a very hard, dark tale.
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The rest of the album seethes with a sound from long ago, yet tinged with strangely modern sensibilities. “Dream Life” is the culmination of one woman’s devotion to record a debut album that really makes an impact. No hype, no marketing machine. Just talent, drive, and very good timing.
“Dream Life” is available in shops, online, and in the iTunes store…
-B
