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The obvious answer comes in the form of an inimitable voice. Regardless of production or instrumentation, it’s by far and away the star of From the Roots Up. Some of the backwards loops and off-kilter beats – in particular, on opener Never Be Another – could potentially feel messy or clunky, but it’s all held together by a distinctive vocal.
Nothing on From the Roots Up is as immediate as Go’s breathy interpolation of Ain’t Nobody. Such practices are a common theme throughout the album, snatching verses here and there from a range of classics. In spite of co-writers as diverse as Andy Burrows (formerly Razorlight, sometime We Are Scientists drummer) and Plan B, and samples that wink out at you from an ocean of peculiar ideas, there’s a definite theme: From the Roots Up is one long, atmospheric backdrop, the perfect setting for a smoky, bluesy tone.
The album houses an overall trippy, chilled setting, but simultaneously, with a voice so charismatic and quietly concentrated, it’s hard not to actively pay attention. It could so easily have been music to get casually lost in, but thanks to Delilah herself, background music this ain’t.
So, the question of who Delilah is gets answered with candid, atypical gusto. Where to place her is another matter entirely; but, in many ways, that’s the beauty of From the Roots Up.
There are parallels with Sia Furler – perhaps not sonically, but more in the sense that Delilah’s sound, so offhand yet audacious, might just be too out of the ordinary for the public at large. But, as Sia has recently proven, the cream will eventually rise to the top. Here’s hoping the lead times for Delilah’s reign aren’t too protracted.
--David Katz
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take notice. Her recent dalliance with Chase and Status aside, 'From The
Roots Up' may well stake a claim to be one of the finest albums we'll
hear this year. She produces a rich, sinuous noise with her marvelous
instrument; by turns soulful, enervating, rich and emotionally captivating,
it saturates the twelve tracks in this collection with a rare kind of magic.
Her muse is largely reflective and melancholic but it is, nonetheless, not
the kind of music to drag you down into the Gloomy Sunday dumps. Indeed,
listening to the utterly beautiful 'Shades Of Grey' for the umpteenth time
as I am writing this, it is impossible not to be touched deeply by her
total engagement with the gorgeous melody and touching lyrics. When she
sings "Through the darker shades of grey I see beauty in the rain" it is
impossible to do anything other than completely believe in her authenticity.
So too with the jittery shadows of 'Go' with its respectful nod to Chaka Khan's
'Ain't Nobody'; the deliciously sprightly arrangement of 'Only You'; the luminous
vocal harmonies of '21' and the stripped-down rhythmic intensity of 'Insecure'.
Final track 'Tabitha, Mummy and Me', however, truly is the icing on the cake.
A song which sublimely demonstrates her innate grasp of the spirit of the blues.
I seem to have discovered another disc for my desert island. I love it to bits!
Essential.
Best tracks for me are: Shades of grey, 21 and Tabitha, mummy and me.
freddy
Seen her live amazing and completed underated.
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