My Brightest Diamond-A Thousand Sharks Teeth-AKR046-ADVANCE CD-2008-BPM

ARTiST....: my brightest diamond



TiTLE.....: a thousand shark's teeth



LABEL.....: asthmatic kitty records



GENRE.....: alternative



SOURCE....: cdda



QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo



SiZE......: 55,4 MB



REL.DATE..: apr-28-2008











01] inside a boy 03:44

02] the ice & the storm 05:23

03] if i were queen 02:38

04] apples 02:28

05] from the top of the world 04:03

06] black & costaud 04:22

07] to pluto's moon 06:49

08] bass player 04:33

09] goodbye forever 03:53

10] like a sieve 03:04

11] the brightest diamond 05:12



TOTAL TiME : 46:09 min



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A Thousand Shark's Teeth

Cover art by David Stith



Release Date: June 17, 2008



Two years after the world formally met her via her

acclaimed debut, Bring Me the Workhorse, Brooklyn,

NY's My Brightest Diamond - spearheaded by Shara

Worden - has been established as one of

independent music's most vibrant, creative and

original voices. And with A Thousand Shark's

Teeth, Diamond's incredible, breathtaking

sophomore release, we are all instantly reminded

once more of Shara Worden? undeniable greatness.





Charming, playful, daring, foreboding, graceful,

eclectic, exciting and visceral: these are all

the first words that come to mind after a full

listen through A Thousand Shark's Teeth. It is a

record that evokes and challenges, full of the

sorts of melodies and arrangements that stay with

you long after the album's stopped playing.

Combining songs that were written both before and

after the release of Bring Me the Workhorse, and

produced and arranged by Shara herself, A Thousand

Shark's Teeth reflects different times, feelings,

musical genres and facets of one? personality,

all perfectly sewn together by the powerful thread

that is Shara's dynamic voice.



Moving across the country every few years,

singer/songwriter/arranger, Shara honed an

eclectic musical taste, a degree in opera, a

penchant for costumes, and a few years tutelage

under composer Padma Newsome (Clogs/The National).

After playing in Sufjan Stevens?band, My

Brightest Diamond struck out on her own, releasing

Bring Me the Workhorse to widespread praise.

Months of touring commenced, leading Diamond to

share the stage with artists such as Sufjan

Stevens, The Decemberists, The National, St.

Vincent, Devotchka and more.



These diverse experiences helped shape A Thousand

Shark's Teeth. Originally meant to be a more

classical, string quartet affair, the work slowly

evolved and refined itself over a period of six

years. The record, mixed by Husky Hoskulds (Tom

Waits, Elvis Costello), was recorded in Berlin,

Los Angeles and New York City, and features twenty

different players all contributing little bits of

musical magic. Influenced by artists such as

Tricky, French composer Maurice Ravel and Tom

Waits, in addition to the star exploration themes

of Anslem Kiefer's paintings, the imaginary

landscapes of photographer Robert Parke Harrison,

films by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Alice in

Wonderland, A Thousand Shark's Teeth is a musical

snowglobe that sparkles each time you touch it.

The songs, whose themes broach intimacy, kisses by

moonlight, laundry, lost friendship and more,

marry vast instrumentation - marimbas, harps,

clarinets, French horns, rabid guitars,

vibraphones to name a few - to create an unequaled

amalgamation of style and color. In simple terms:

it's beautiful, and there? nothing else quite

like it.



Opener and first single "Inside A Boy" is classic

Diamond - slippery guitars meet with gorgeous

strings and Shara's powerhouse voice, which folds

nicely into "Ice and the Storm" perhaps one of the

finest songs Shara Worden has ever written, a

driving foot-stomp of a tune full of swirling

vocals, metallic crackles and a stuttering beat.

"Black and Costaud" borrows lyrics from a Ravel

opera and sees Diamond full of dramatic flourish,

while "From the Top of the World" vibrates with

soulful swagger, showing off Shara's tremendous

guitar playing. "Apples" is Diamond at her most

coy, her vocal line delivered with quite a

flirtatious smile, "Like a Sieve" twists a Tricky

sample upside down, and "Goodbye Forever" swells

with a string-heavy chorus as Shara sings of

things lost in a fire, literally and figuratively,

exploring both beauty and danger in a shark's

kiss.







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