Carina Round
With her debut on Dave Stewart's (Eurhythmics) label, Brit Carina Round proves she's really "that good."
By Jessie Nelson
Published: May 5th, 2004 | 5:46pm
Touring with funk master James Brown and rock's next big thing Coldplay influenced England-born Carina Round to write an album gritty enough to be called rocknroll but grooving enough to have its hooks in the blues/funk arena as well. The instrumentation is standard rocknroll fare but "Lacuna," the particular blues/rock tune in question here, is full of emotional longing and gritty, minor-key junkets just intensify the pain underneath Round's subtle but venom-filled voice. The disc has groove underneath Round's tales of travels, love lost, and love lusted for.
"Paris" falls into the funk/rock category with the light drums and rhythmic guitar chords leaving space for Round to float her voice over and around as she makes her observations about human nature on her travels. "Monument" hits where you might live, with fast, squealing guitars and pointed drums bringing up memories of PJ Harvey's last rant on life. Dark, dreary, non-pretentious: as her press kit says "Yes, she's that good."
Issue #35
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