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I’m a sucker for all things Thompson.
Kamila Thompson seems to have inhereted the heft in her voice from both of her parents (yes, she’s Richard and Linda’s youngest daughter), but the comparisons mostly end there. Though she might cop some Americana sounds for the album opener “Little Boy Blue,” the bulk of the music falls outside the folk rock continuum. Songs like “Stormy” get close to the angry avant pop of mid-career Fiona Apple or of PJ Harvey, regardless of what her father’s Stratocaster is doing in the background. (Her father’s guitar work is, in fact, sometimes intrusive: he steps all over her vocal lines in the verses on “Little Boy Blue.”) The album is at its best when it focuses on vocals. And with guest vocals coming from her brother Teddy, Sean Lennon, a couple of Wainwrights, and more, songs like “Never Again” and “Want You Back” venture into Fleetwood Mac territory.
There’s always a danger that the children of famous artists will follow too closely in their parents’ footsteps or rebel too strongly; Kami Thompson has found a nice balance, and the family connection is neither surprising nor obvious on the disc: It’s just a good collection of songs.
02/27/12
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