'Good gracious ass is bodacious'

This one was actually recommended by a good friend and so of course i had to oblige and give her a listen. But again i couldn't find a bloody torrent to download an album. sayusihgdaoushoisdhfsfg how do i expect people to read this thing if i'm not actually giving them anything. wah wah wah angst. But still, i'm hoping this will still be a fair review since, you know, i like being fair etc. So give a big, warm welcome to:

JENNY OWEN YOUNGS

So if we look at her Myspace, just like yesterdays artist looked kinda like Bjork, here we have a woman who looks like- oh, it's Kate Nash. Please don't leave just yet. I promise that any similarities in her music are relatively small. So just give her the benefit of the doubt here and ignore her face. Until, that is, you hear her voice. Then it doesn't matter what the hell she looks like; this girl can sing (she's hot anyway, let's not deny it).


Talking of similarities, we get the impression very early on with the track 'Here is a heart' of Regina Spektor. That kind of soft, almost dreamy kind of vocals with a nice tonal range. There's something else that definately reminds me of Regina, but it can't really be described. I'm sure you will all agree it's just kind of there. So anyway really nice instrumentals too in this song, although i would have liked her to make more of the strings. But that's just me being picky. Great tune.


The next tune 'Led to the sea' introduces us to something much more upbeat and poppy. And still we're hearing that Regina-esque vocal quality. But this time it's much less noticeable. And i think i definately prefer her when she lets herself go a bit and in the chorus particularly we get a hint of a kind of Florence + the Machine/Kelly Clarkson crossover. But trust me it works well. And again one of my favourite things about this song is the vocal range that she exhibits. The verses stay rather deep but then the chorus and bridge take things up a key which is really nice to hear. 
Songs of note here are definately the more lively, ubeat pop tracks. Unfortunetly, in this playlist at least, there aren't really enough of these. I'm not saying she can't do the slow, more relaxed music - in fact she definately can. Just look at 'The fuck was I' and 'Voice on tape' - but I just think her voice suits the more active songs that little bit better. I'd definately recommend 'Clean Break', 'Led to the sea' and 'Hot in herre' (amazing cover imo. In fact, amazing doesn't quite do it justice. Especially when i picture Nelly dancing around his living room to this).
In fact, shut me up. All these tracks are great. I think I'm just hoping for some more lively acoustic pop. But i really shouldn't be complaining, since i'm pretty sure this girl is going to be very very big.