Getting back into the right head space after Christmas is proving to be a little more difficult than I imagined. It is hard to find the right thing to say about this album. I find it more and more difficult to even discuss someone else's music because I know that any negative reaction is just horrible, as a songwriter or musician. How can I comment on the blood, guts, sweat and tears that goes into anyone else's music? Just because I do not understand what you are trying to say doesn't mean that you aren't saying it well. But none of this is relevant in regards to Lightning Dust's "Infinite Light". Amber Webber's choice of vocal styling takes a little getting used to. It isn't always your standard pretty female vocalist. She isn't afraid to flirt with those notes that may or may not be pretty. But having been a Fiona Apple and Thelonious Monk fan for so long, I have come to appreciate those notes that may sound a little "off" for what they are; one musician's ability to see the varying forms that a note can take. After googling this album, I realized that it is on many people's best of 2009 list. It will take a few more rotations for me to determine if it is one of my favorites. But since we are heading into 2010, it may be one of my first favorites of this new decade.
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