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Call it Jessica Bailiff, Untitled or anything you want; the third album from Jessica Bailiff is a delivery on the promise of her first two albums. Simultaneously clearer and murkier, it features a more acoustic focus and experimental sound placement. Made at her home in Toledo, OH. with some help from Jesse Edwards (half of Northern Song Dynasty with Jessica Bailiff) and a former bandmate Noel Keesee, this recording took from Sept. 2001 to Feb. 2002 to be realized. Two songs feature the violin-uke (most notably the stark "Hour of the Traces"), there is a tin whistle on a few tracks, piano, a few computer fx, drums, smeary guitars and even sitar. Jessica Bailiff describes her new album as being about "...stagefright, dreams, loss of creative energy/desire, love & time, living in the same place all your life, ghosts, near-death experiences, etc.". After recording two albums with the members of Low, Jessica Bailiff created a direct, stripped back album that showcases her strengths in both songwriting and arrangements. Chris Nosal wrote in Philadelphia City Paper that "Bailiff merges the best of rock, folk and genuine sonic exploration into a loud and powerful whisper". David Keenan wrote in The Wire that "Bailiff has succeeded in creating a singular soundworld where frail, intensely personal wordage combines with hurricane sound." |
Jessica Bailiff 1. Swallowed
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