Kelli Schaefer: Beauty And Truth
Leading a ghostly, woozy romp through the streets of New Orleans, Kelli Schaefer hints at salvation in "City Morgue."
Leading a ghostly, woozy romp through the streets of New Orleans, Kelli Schaefer hints at salvation in "City Morgue."
Tuesday's Pick
Song: "City Morgue"
Artist: Kelli Schaefer
CD: Ghost of the Beast
Genre: Folk-Rock
Like Sinead O'Connor, Kelli Schaefer possesses an almost otherworldly voice — a beguiling instrument that conveys clear-eyed beauty and truth, sometimes dropping its guard to reveal vulnerability and sometimes baring its fangs like a cornered animal. In "City Morgue," Schaefer shows her soft side without losing her sense of danger. Leading a ghostly, woozy romp through the streets of New Orleans, she hints at salvation while promising disappointment.
"I will let you down" turns from a coy coo to a bold mantra, but it's impossible to resist the siren's call. Schaefer possesses the comfortingly eerie calm of someone equally at ease in total darkness and blinding light — and a voice capable of translating those experiences for the mortal realm.
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