Basia Bulat Discography of CDs

Basia Bulat CD discography Written during a quick visit to the Yukon Territory, Heart of My Own jumps from sparse, intimate folk to lush Americana, with each song conjuring up images of the striking subarctic geography that inspired it. Basia Bulat was virtually unknown when she issued her debut album in 2007, and this follow-up effort (released after two years of heavy touring) paints her as a more self-assured, worldly songwriter. The shaking quality of her voice has been molded into a quick, informal vibrato, and producer Howard Bilerman -- the same man who produced 2007's Oh, My Darling -- decorates her songs with rootsy arrangements, the most ornate of which feature percussion, multiple stringed instruments, horns, and piano. Calling Heart of My Own a loud album would be an overstatement; these songs may ...

Basia Bulat albums Recording information: The Hotel 2 Tango, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (01/2006-09/2006). Personnel: Basia Bulat (vocals, guitar, autoharp). Audio Mixer: Howard Bilerman.

Basia Bulat CD discography The third LP by these 21st-century British up-and-comers veers between boozy street poetry and feedback-pedal ruptures like "Killed By The Boom." But it's hard not to fall in love with Finn Andrews's sober ballads, such as the luminously sad opener, "Sit Down By The Fire," and the Richard Ashcroft-like bluesy drone of "It Hits Deep." This balance between melodic bombast and pretty melancoly also brings to mind recent forebears like Idlewild. And given that band's status as one of the 1990s/2000s' most ...

Basia Bulat albums It would be really hard for the Bicycles to top the immensely fun and frolicsome indie pop genius of their debut album, The Good the Bad and the Cuddly, and even worse if on their second album they tried to duplicate the sound and approach exactly. On Oh No, It's Love they expand on the innocent and rambunctious debut and add some heart and soul to the bubblegum thrills. The band still conjures up visions of the Archies, the Monkees, and every ...