Amazon.co.uk Review
Three years after the experimental and not-always-successful
Come on Now Social, the Indigo Girls return to a more traditional framework with the acoustic-based
Become You. A deft melding of folk, rock, and pop--and laced with Latin and soul around the edges--
Become You gets to the heart of what Amy Ray (the rocking half) and Emily Saliers (the gentler half) do best: chronicle the complexities of love and socio-sexual politics from a feminist viewpoint. While the seductive and full-bodied melodies leave plenty of expanse for the duo's gauzy, hand-in-glove harmonies, the majority of the repertoire here carries an undercurrent of dissatisfaction and anxiety, whether about the outcome of a rocky love affair ("Moment of Forgiveness"), the still-extant racism in the South ("Become You"), or the ultimate fate of the Mexican women who fight for change with the Zapatistas ("Nuevas Senoritas"). Poignant, thought-provoking, and beautifully crafted, with rapt attention to the interplay of instruments as well as voices,
Become You finds Ray and Saliers back in top form and as relevant in 2002 as at the start of their 15-year career.
--Alanna Nash
CD Description
Ninth studio album from Atlanta, GA folk-rock duo. Recordedmostly live in the studio, this album has a sparse, countryfeel, strongly influenced by American roots music. Made in their hometown with their long-time producer Peter Collins, this is a gentle, evocative record, lyrically informed by the duo's longstanding commitment to political activism.