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The Art of Forgetting by Alice Lee
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fave it with Electronic Production | Down Tempo
6 tracks | 25 minutes
Released Sep 2003
on Alice Lee
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 The Choice lyrics FREE 03:41 The Choice lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 The Choice
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jazz-inflected electronica with a beating heart - for fans of Portishead, Norah Jones, and Beth Orton
Editorial review
Boston-born vocalist Alice Lee spent the first few years of the 2000s on a series of electronica-infused indie EPs that demonstrated incremental improvements in her vocals and arrangements. 2003's Art of Forgetting is a flawed but promising disc that suggests what a lazy collaboration between Fiona Apple and Portishead might have sounded like. Lee's work bears an inherent sense of danger, of impending collapse: "all you can do is fall," she repeats in resignation on album opener "The Choice." What keeps this dynamic from being fully realized, though, is her delivery, clipped and unsure of itself, residing entirely in her head voice instead of her far richer chest voice. Her arrangements are for the most part just as timid, "Question" and "Someday" existing in forgettable hesitant trip-pop territory. Things pick up with the more complex beats of "Relapse" and "Velocette," the latter being a bit of neat bubbling electro-funk that merges skittish drum loops with striking synth flourishes. Lee's tendency to back into notes instead of nailing them, most apparent on "Relapse," is finally shaken on the closing "Like Rain," which exhibits a sultriness that the rest of the EP could have benefited from. Producer and co-writer Joel Hamilton fails to provide Lee with a complex enough template to engage the listener, rendering Art of Forgetting, well, forgettable. ~ Joseph McCombs, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Alice Lee was born in Boston, MA, and currently calls Brooklyn, NY home. Her soulful and eclectic vocal style and songwriting have seen increasing recognition and airplay internationally. She has been featured in Jane Magazine's new compilation CD and was a Semi-Finalist in "The American Music Awards® Presents The Coca-Cola New Music Award" 2002/2003 Competition." Her new EP "The Art of Forgetting" is due later this year.
"a strong, proudly idiosyncratic singer-songwriter... revealing an experimental streak that augurs well for future outings." - Demo Universe