Jenny O - Home

  by Benjamin Howarth

published: 14 / 8 / 2012

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I love the opening track to this EP. This album has a rolling bassline, vague nods to psychedelica, a ragged guitar solo, a noodly breakdown and a cracking chorus. There’s taste and skill at work here. I listened to this short EP for the first time while doing the ironing. I hadn’t, at that time, troubled myself to find out anything more about Jenny O than her name. But, by the end of the first track I was hooked. The other four songs on this album are much more low key. Two acoustic songs (one a ballad, one a mid-tempo ditty) and two solo piano songs, the latter with chords lifted from Let It Be. Each has a sharp melody, nicely delivered in a slightly crumpled style. The kind of music that sounds easy, but – of course – not many people do well. You may recognise Jenny O’s voice – she has sung with Chris Garneau, J Tillman and Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy – but this EP suggests that her own songs should get most of her attention from now on. An album is imminent, apparently, and ‘Home’ whets the appetite for that nicely.

Track Listing:-

1 Well OK Honey
2 I Do, I Do
3 Won't Let You Leave
4 All My Wishes
5 Home

Band Links:-

https://www.facebook.com/jennyomusic/
http://jennyo.com/
https://twitter.com/jjjennyo
https://www.instagram.com/jjjennyo/
http://jennyo.tumblr.com/

Label Links:-

http://manimalvinyl.com/
http://manimalvinyl.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/manimalrecords/
https://twitter.com/manimalvinyl
https://www.youtube.com/user/ManimalVinyl

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