LUCIE THORN Thurs 9th July $15
LUCIE THORNE's new album *BLACK ACROSS THE FIELD*
out now through VITAMIN RECORDS
http://www.vitamin.net.au
“Without exaggeration *Black Across The Field* is as good as anything I’ve heard this year. Growling with warm tube overdrive, stinging like Neil Young... this is a diverse, profound album, with nuances subtle and breathtaking”
[Martin Jones, Rhythms Magazine]
"This gentle chanteuse has delivered quiet perfection. There is such an intensity of feeling here ...moody folk, country noir...a collection of stories that speaks small but resonates much bigger. One of the finer albums of the year so far... Thorne marks out her space with some fabulous sensuality."
[Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald]
"This is music that can be tender and taut, full of the subtle nuances of real life as opposed to the black-and-white world of simple pop. There's tough guitar and autumnal shades, haunting slow-mo rock, Neil Young-esque guitar lines... And right up front is a voice with a quality that keeps drawing the listener in."
[Noel Mengel, Courier Mail]
"Thorne cuts her own niche from the acoustic masses by specialising in gently percolating nocturnes that could be penned by PJ Harvey after waking in a Tasmanian poppy field. A bright star rising, and one worth all the attention she receives." [Andy Hazel, Inpress]
"A spellbinding dark-folk storybook"
[Sarah Howells, JMAG]
"Thorne's songs are exquisite miniatures of distilled emotion, her melodies and harmonies are sublime, and the way she pits grinding guitars against that ethereal, sensual voice is like watching a thunderstorm in the distance. By turns dark and tender, *Black Across The Field* is a beautiful album."
[David Curry, The Canberra Times]
"The production of the voice is a giant close-up of delicate emotional expression; every murmur, tongue flick and gentle pulse is significant. Thorne also has a gift for melody and, for the complete trifecta, writes thoughtful, intelligent lyrics that, as with Joni Mitchell, leave you pondering shades of meaning. Thorne's electric guitars paint gorgeous swaths in the stereo field... this is an album that deserves to be widely heard."
[Ian Cuthbertson, ****, The Australian]
"Lucie Thorne hits the bullseye with album five"
[Billy Pinnell, ****, MAG]
" *Black Across The Field* dances between alt-folk blues and a PJ Harvey-style drone with production moving into Howling Bells territory at times...This album deserves multiple spins"
[Rave Magazine]
“Thorne writes some of the most simple and beautiful songs you will hear”
[****The Age]