Search - Sia :: Colour The Small One

Sia's is a confession worth hearing.

Maria | Hong Kong | 05/23/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It begins, languid and slow, as Sia murmurs, subdued, trance-like, "You don't know me, you can't hold me, I'll slip through your hands, I am one single grain of sand." But we do know Sia Furler - as the fragile, enigmatic voice behind Destiny and Distractions on Zero 7's Simple Things. But do we really know Sia beyond the voice? If you listen to this album, you will. There's more to Sia than her "jazzy slurs" and easy-listening urban R&B-influenced reputation.Her second album, Colour The Small One, is intimate and confiding, a private paint-box of myriad shades, a lonely cry for help. In Sunday, the Australian singer's childishly vulnerable voice pulls you closer, as she pleads "for those with guilt, for those who wilt under pressure, no tears over spilt milk". A simple, poignant piano melody introduces Breathe Me, as Sia admits, "I am small and needy." Co-written with Beck, The Bully is a morally-weighted purging of suppressed guilt juxtaposed with Sweet Potato, a charmingly eccentric, happily-ever-after love song. A return to the recurring theme of culpability comes with Don't Bring Me Down, a lilting plea to resist the vulnerability that emotions bring. Later, in Natale's Song, she surrenders reluctantly until she embraces her capitulation completely in The Church Of What's Happening Now as she exhorts us to "throw away yesterday". Sia tightly restrains her voice through most of the album, only breaking free, loose and confident, on the final song, Where I Belong, where she spirals wildly before finally finding redemption at the end of it all. "And soon you will see that we are blessed and complete, there's a place here for you with me.""

Nothing like Dido

West End Girl | Austin, Texas | 07/11/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Are you kidding? Sia is totally her own thing, and that thing isn't pop.



"Breathe Me" was Six Feet Under's swan song.

Also, if you like Zero 7, this album is a slam dunk. Click on Buy Now, right now.



If you're not quite sure what this Zero 7 thing is, then don't despair. Sia is a sweet, wispy voiced woman who sings songs like she ACTUALLY understands the meaning behind them. The songs are simple, not over produced and hooky. And this is one of the albums you put on and let it play, rather than single laden. Beautiful morning music."

Sophmore effort scores on all fronts

John Garcia-Shelton | Venice, CA United States | 05/19/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I came across Sia while watching here play with Zero 7 and was mighty impressed but her first record didn't resonate with me enough to listen to it frequently. But in Colour the Small One she has grown wonderfully (at least to me) in creating lush songs with alot of heart and replayability. I defy you to not become addicted to "Breathe Me"."