Jenn Grant - Echoes

Artist: Jenn Grant
Album: Echoes
Genre: Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Release Date: Feb 23, 2009
Label: Six Shooter Records
RIYL: Feist, Neil Young

Rating: ***

Canadian singer/songwriter Jenn Grant plays acoustic folk with jazz influenced vocals. The sounds of chimes and symbols as well as violin are here, your standard set ups for a modern pop folk album. Grant's voice is very beautiful indeed, however the album is a bit too predictable. And for a singer/songwriter approach, the lyrics are far from interesting to mull over. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" is a great Neil Young cover. The best tracks here step out of Grant's box she's set up for herself a little, such as the fantastic "Parachutes", which features a great use of back-up singers and a speedy rhythm. There's nothing explicitly wrong with this album, and ultimately that's it's weakness - it's just a little two clean (which is what separate's Grant from her apparent idol, Young, someone who isn't afraid to make a few mistakes) Bonus points for really great looking cover art, however.

1. Heartbreaker *****
2. You'll Go Far ***
3. Where Are You Now ***
4. Blue Mountains *****
   
5. Parachutes *****
   
6. I Was Your Woman ***
7. (I've Got) The Two of You ***
8. Sailing By Silverships ****
9. Fireflies ****
10. Hawaii ****
11. Only Love Can Break Your Heart *****
12. Everybody Loves You ****
13. I'll See You Again (Int.)