![]() Its neo-swamp rock intro segues into a pulsating vocal and toe tapping infectiousness. Storm & Grace opens with Over Me ( click for music video), one of several "poppy" tracks on the album. Presley’s lyrics balance both the dark and the hopeful, her painful trials and hard-won triumphs, a few hellos and many goodbyes. The set is full of subdued echo, haunting guitar lines, and the ambiance of a live session trying to capture both the cerebral and emotional elements in each song. Thanks immeasurably to producer T Bone Burnett, the musical settings maintain a unified moody tone throughout the 11 songs. Wesley Britton, in his review of Storm & Grace incisively observed:īut Storm & Grace isn’t just a stripped-down “roots” album, with players simply laying down good grooves behind a singer. All tracks allow Lisa's rich alto vocal to burn resonantly and maintain the driving bass beat and chamber echo effect which embodied her earlier recordings. With her new album, Storm & Grace, LMP offers wonderfully constructed songs reflecting her blues and roots musical heritage. Lisa's first two albums were ballsy, hard-edged contemporary ballad rockers filled with often painful lyrics as the singer poured her heart out about trials and tribulations from her life. Now based in England, a new recording contract with Universal Republic and collaborating with ex Bob Dylan guitarist and now celebrated* producer and songwriter, T-Bone Burnett, Lisa reveals more aspects to her prodigious musical talents, both as a gutsy, emotionally resonant singer and as an expressive and thought provoking songwriter. "įINALLY, Lisa Marie Presley's (LMP) third album has arrived! It has been a long 7 years since Lisa's second studio offering, Now What, and the wait has been well worth it. ![]() It’s me without any attitude or anger at a time of rediscovery. I found myself really vulnerable afterward and that's what birthed the album’s vibe. All the things that had become my foundation were gone and I had to shed a lot of skin. "There were a few years there where everything around me had fallen apart, she says. For Presley, the album’s conciliatory theme grew out of wanting to have peace in her life after a period of turmoil and letting go of what no longer suited her.
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