Search - Carsie Blanton :: Idiot Heart

01. Smoke Alarm --
02. Together Too Long --
03. Backseat --
04. Little Death --
05. Lonely No More --
06. Backbone --
07. Idiot Heart --
08. Chicken --
09. All We Got --
10. Honest Truth -- -- -- ---- -- --
"If I had an all-encompassing rule for life, it'd be that you have to follow your heart." Carsie Blanton says. "It doesn't mean that everything it tells you is going to be smart, but you have to follow it anyway."
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Following her heart has worked out pretty well for Carsie, earning her widespread critical acclaim and a coast-to-coast fan following for her clever wordplay and indelible melodies. The remarkable new Idiot Heart represents the Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter's finest work thus far, a panoramic collection of exuberant, expansive folk-pop, crafted with uncommon spirit and ingenuity. Songs such as "Together Too Long" and "Backbone" are given breath by producer Oliver Wood's warm, unaffected arrangements and Blanton's remarkable vocal stylings, at turns coy and confident, sly and sensual. Idiot Heart reveals Carsie Blanton to be a preternaturally gifted storyteller whose extraordinary life experiences fuel her open, knowing lyricism, using finely etched characterizations and a deeply personal perspective to touch a truly universal chord.
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"I feel like my strength as a lyricist is not poetry, it's telling the truth," she says. "I say the things that everybody wants to say but doesn't usually get to. -- -- -- -- (Source: Artist website) -- -- -- -- Another listing by Zip