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Between the Bed Sheets & Turpentine by Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers Review Carrie Clark throws just about everything she can into her songs. There's more than a bit of Tin Pan Alley and plenty of hints of general American popular song thrown in with her idiosyncratic take on the americana sound. She's from Oregon and now bunks in Seattle, which helps to explain that approach. I've found that west coast types tend to go with a lighter, yet more experimental, approach to this sorta thing. Clark has a voice that has more character than strength, but that suits her oft-quirky songs. Indeed, the first song on this album ("Bum Ba Dum") will either utterly charm you or completely turn you off. I can't imagine anyone finding it dull. And if you like that, you'll love this album. Clark ranges far afield from her opener, but that first taste reveals her intentions. She's gonna grab as much as she can and cram it into this album. Works for me. Clark is a fine songwriter, and she's found a great sound on this album. Much like Carolyn Mark, she might be a bit too unusual for some, but those who appreciate the folks who stand on the outside looking in will be entranced. Lovely and thrilling. -- October 2011The Seattle chanteuse is a collector of stories and people, jotting down snippets of eavesdropped conversations on napkins to use in her songs. Places like the Comet and Ballard's The Viking, Clark said, are ripe with juicy tidbits. Her latest collection of Seattle-inspired characters -- ranging from a sultry mystery woman to a guy who "eats limes to make the sun shine" -- have a comfy home on Clark's fourth release, "Between the Bed Sheets & Turpentine." Clark will play from the new album with her band, the Lonesome Lovers, Friday at the Columbia City Theater to kick off a West Coast tour. Now 15 years in Seattle, Clark is a familiar face in the local music scene. And after years of self-releasing, Clark hopes "Bed Sheets" will continue to build her fan base and maybe lead to someone else taking over the business side of her creative output. The album's a great next step. It's an energetic, playful record that has Clark's sweet- as-pie vocals sashaying between jazzy cabaret and poppy, folky country. Radio station KEXP has already thrown it in rotation, and rightly so. It also shows Clark's progression as a musician, too. While she's been a longtime singer and songwriter, it wasn't until her previous record that she really devoted herself to learning her instruments and got comfortable playing guitar and piano live (and for this tour, she'll rock the glockenspiel). "That really, really created a lot of growth for me," she said. "It made me a better singer, but it made my writing get a lot better." "Bed Sheets" shows a musician with a clear sense of her sound, who has surrounded herself with a very capable cadre of collaborators. Clark gives a lot of credit to her longtime arranger, multi- instrumentalist Greg Fulton, as well as her band: Kohen Burrill, Kevin Emerson, Dave Pascal and Rob Witmer. This is producer Martin Feveyer's (Blue Scholars, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) first time working with Clark. He's crafted a rich, warm hangout for Clark, her Lonesome Lovers, and any other character that might drop by. -- Joanna Horowitz, The Seattle Times, September 2011Where has all the country music gone? I'm not talking about the over-dubbed, pop-tarted up, and vocalized with a wince-inducing fake southern accent music that most often streams from radio stations famous for their "country" music. I'm talking about the music that tells a story, a 3-minute peek into someone else's life written with simple lyrics, three chords on the guitar, and a mandolin playing sweetly in the background. Bluegrass, folk, alt-country: all these are just tags for music that uses the chords to tell as much of the story as the lyrics, if not more. Seattle's own Carrie Clark has been labeled with all these tags and she does her level best to hit the high notes of each one, all the while maintaining her own unique style that allows her the opportunity to play with variables. On her fourth release, Between the Bed Sheets and Turpentine, Carrie adds in some dance hall numbers, like "Bum Bah Dum" and "The Night Before," from whence the title is taken. "The Stranger" would be her taking a turn torch-singing along to slow simmering jazz. "I'm a Lark" is a very sweet bluegrass waltz devoted to freedom of the lark, of course, but it works as an allegory as well. "It Burns," "Down at My Knees," and "What Have We Done" rock out complete with electric guitar, with the last number being Carrie's entry into the protest rock anthem category. As a singer-songwriter and glockenspiel aficionado, Clark gives much of the credit for this album's cohesive sound to her band, The Lonesome Lovers (all of whom have a 2-year-plus tenure). Martin Feveyer (Blue Scholars, Zoe Muth, and the Sweet Hereafter) produced the album and encouraged the band to take advantage of their long history of making music together and to play up the versatility inherent in having skilled craftsman in so many instruments: the accordion, glockenspiel, mandolin, ukulele, timpani, piano, steel guitars, and that sexy choice of belly dancer bells. And let's not forget the requisite mentions of whiskey, cigarettes, cowboys, and a red-headed woman; all hallmarks of true country music are present and accounted for. For fans of Allison Krauss and Union Station or Alela Diane and the Wild Divine, Carrie Clark and The Lonesome Lovers are a refreshing addition to your music library. -- The Owl Mag, October 2011 P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Artist As they like to say in Hollywood, all the events in Carrie Clark's music are based on a true story. Not just curious events, but the gamut of emotions brought to the fore by challenges both large and small, and how our voices, faces and body language reflect different sentiments. Clark finds people endlessly fascinating, and all her songs dwell on human foibles. She knows the best places to eavesdrop on inspiring anecdotes, too. "I love dive bars in the winter," she adds. On the surface, many of these originals may seem primarily concerned with having fun and doling out generous doses of sassiness, yet they reveal myriad layers upon closer inspection. The album's title, Between the Bed Sheets & Turpentine, is a line from one of the more lighthearted selections ("The Night Before"), but it neatly summarizes the emotional scope of the disc, which encompasses not only all the feelings that can crop up in the bedroom--passion, loneliness, dreams--but also the sometimes hard work of cleaning up after life's mishaps. The follow-up to 2006's Seems So Civilized, Between the Bed Sheets & Turpentine boasts the fullest sound and most fully realized arrangements in her catalog yet. Much of the credit, she demurs, goes to her band, the Lonesome Lovers; multi- instrumentalist and arranger Greg Fulton ("my right arm") has been with Clark since 2003, and the other members of the quintet, Kohen Burrill (Tubaluba), Kevin Emerson (Central Services), Dave Pascal (Love Markets) and Rob Witmer (Love Markets), all boast tenures of two years or longer. She also underscores the pivotal role played by producer Martin Feveyer (Blue Scholars, Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) in helping make her fourth independently released record the finest in her canon yet, pushing Clark and all her musicians to the utmost. The producer also encouraged them to experiment and tease out the unique character within each song, taking full advantage of the ensemble's versatile musicianship. A few of them changed quite drastically, and Clark cites "What Have We Done"--a state- of-the-world meditation inspired by her toddler nephew--as an especially successful example. "I'm really proud of this record," she concludes. "I've grown a lot since the last one, and I'm excited to share this music." Carrie Clark is watching you; you'd be wise to keep your eyes--and ears--on Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers, too." See more
Product Dimensions : 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches; 2.5 Ounces
Manufacturer : CD Baby
Original Release Date : 2012
Run time : 57 minutes
Date First Available : October 20, 2011
Label : CD Baby
Number of discs : 1
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