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The Saga of Mayflower May Beautiful Happiness HAPP007 CD £9.99 Brand new, much anticipated album from this beautiful death/decadent singer songwriter who combines a feel for supernatural melancholy that’s straight out of the works of Edgar Allen Poe with some wonderfully crooked psychedelic folk-songs and a guitar style that recalls Martin Carthy at his most travelling. Nadler’s vocals sound a bit like Paisley Underground players of the calibre of Hope Sandoval and Kendra Smith, but there’s a grace to her phrasing that lines up alongside fellow sepia-spirits like Josephine Foster and Meg Baird (Espers) as well as first generation folk interpreters like Shirley Collins and Maddy Prior. The songwriting here is gorgeous, welding melodies that sound as if they’ve been distilled from centuries of ballad settings with a feel for old world imagery and emotional cobwebs. Some great arrangements too and although the whole recording isn’t as effects-heavy as her debut, there are some deep wells of layered vocal that you could happily spend days floating to the bottom of. Comes with artwork inspired by the illustrations of George Parsons. Recommended. |
