Norah Jones has left behind her jazz roots which had first guided her career. Embracing now a more electric sound filled with guitars and distorting sound arrangements, her new album The Fall invariably falls into the indie rock category.
Still, her soft and jazzy voice we all know her for can still be found on the album, which the results can be compared to something in the line of Cat Power, Neko Case or even PJ Harvey, more so than let say, Diana Krall. Influences coming from Tom Waits (especially on the piece Tell Yer Mama) and Neil Young are more present than ever.
Certain songs, such as Even Though and It’s Gonna Be, could very well fall into the jazz or folk category (like Fells Like Home), although other pieces such as Young Blood, Stuck or Waiting most definitely fall into the blues-rock category from beginning to end.
Natural Evolution
This new style comes right in time for this artist which star power had slowly been fading for the last few years. But wonderfully, the album does not come off as a desperate attempt to revive a past fame.
Instead, we find an artist coming into her own, not even remotely interested in creating music for the sole purpose of cashing in on her success, like she had been able to do so back in 2002. A natural evolution can be observed in the artists’ work and we should not be surprise if in a few years the album The Fall is considered to have been a turning point in what we predict for Norah Jones to be a very successful career.
Highpoints
Low points
You’ve Ruined Me
* A limited edition of the album is also available, including 3 live versions of songs and reprises of the songs of Jesus, Etc. by Wilco, Cry Cry Cry by Johnny Cash and Strangers made popular by The Kinks.
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