Missy Higgins - "The Sound of White" (Reprise Records) -
This album might be the best thing to come out of Australia's music scene in this decade.
Missy Higgins isn't happy fitting the mold of what Australian folk country artists are producing. While still in high school, she won the Triple J "Unearthed" demo competition, and her song "All For Believing" became that station's most requested song. A little more than three years later, she's released an album in the United States that puts the alternative back in pop.
Her voice stands out, one of those rare voices you'd know anywhere from the first time you hear it. On songs like "Scar" and "Ten Days," she blends piano pop with acoustic folk with a subtlety that belies her age, all with that heavy Australian accent rolling over the notes like caramel. It's a sound I could get used to very quickly, and by the speed at which she's been accepted into the Australian consciousness, it's only a matter of time before she takes America by storm.
As a whole, "The Sound of White" stands out as an accomplished debut by a young woman who will make a major name for herself. It is a complete album, a work that blends genres to create a sound worthy of attention. Any self-respecting fans of alt-country, alt-pop or jazzy country should add this album to their collections.
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