She had a dream that she could fly. With a voice of an angel, she certainly conjures up images of a floating beauty. The dreamy princess takes acoustic folk to another level, and achieved it the old fashioned way. Priscilla Ahn put her dreams on the table, took a good look, then hit the road. Her position with the Jazz label Blue Note just shows how far she has come in her six years of musical essence. With a few features on television she has come out strong with a great debut album. Titled “A Good Day”, Blue Note will definitely be having a good day when this is released.
Acoustic lady artist come and go. They also seem to just come out of nowhere, appearing like a robin in the garden, it’s rare, but it’s a great experience. Laura Marling appeared in our speakers in 2008 and blew away almost all the critics with her young approach to ‘acousticladylandscapes’*. It’s now 2009 and Pricilla Ahn’s turn to “wow” the tastemakers, and she does this successfully with some soulful lyrics and cloudy musical templates.
Stripping away all of the beauty in Pricilla’s musical abundance, it seems there is a darker side to the twenty five year old. A sort of innocent depressive, something tender and dooming. There are moments of uplifting hair standing seconds but a lot seems to create a black hole. Her heart is opened out onto a tearful platter with opener “Dream”. With a tale of a little girl wanting to live her wildest dreams and fantasies
“I was a little girl alone in my little world who dreamed of a little home for me.”
The story behind her life whilst touring through the country and apparently working some down right shitty jobs. “Dream” is a perfect opener, as it builds up gradually and beautifully. This then leads into Priscilla living that fantasy by the next ten tracks.
It’s interesting to hear some very unusual instruments throughout the record. At one point the instrumentation on ‘Masters In China’, is reminiscent of academy award winning film ‘One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest’ soundtrack. That builds a mysterious and very effect aesthetic to the album.
Finishing up with probably the best track on “A Good Day” is (you’ll never guess), track 11 “A Good Day (Morning Song”. It features a haunting “ooooohhh” followed by a note many males can never hit even when punched in the gangles.
“I can tell it’s gonna be a good day”
Starting the album with a negative, building up with a positive and ending on a happy Disney ending. Priscilla Ahn has produced a stunning acoustic debut here, it’s “A Good Day” for all of us (including her label).
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