Lucy Ward - Single Flame
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 7 / 10 / 2013

Label:
Navigator Records
Format: CD
intro
Unremarkable and dull second album from young Derby-based folk/pop artist, Lucy Ward
A local folk hero perhaps, Lucy Ward forces her way through the entire length of this album which contains elements of new age, folk pop and, to be honest, la-di-da drivel. Often dull to say the very least, 'Single Flame' focuses on the worries of a mentally ill 17-year old, who has lost track of her way home. The music is firmly stuck in tradition which aids Lucy Ward a lot as she clearly has no original ideas. Miming to the Sundays, Lucy Ward mistakenly assumes she's onto something. A sleeping pill, ' Single Frame' is about as deep as the average text message. Moaning about social reform, meaning to stand up, 'Single Flame' features very weak political sloganeering. It is only distinguishable by its blandness.
Track Listing:-
1 I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak2 Honey
3 The Last Pirouette
4 Icarus
5 Velvet Sky
6 Rites of Man
7 The Consequence
8 Lord I Don't Want to Die in the Storm
9 For the Dead Men
10 Marching Through the Green Grass
11 Ink
12 Shellback
Band Links:-
http://www.lucywardsings.com/https://www.facebook.com/lucywardsings
https://twitter.com/lucywardsings
Label Links:-
http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/navigatorrecords
https://twitter.com/navigatorrecs
https://www.pinterest.com/PaperAmusic/
https://www.youtube.com/user/PaperAeroplanesMusic
http://www.last.fm/music/Paper+Aeroplanes
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