JAZZWISE MAGAZINE

JULY 2008 - By Peter Quinn

SARAH MOULE
***A LAZY KIND OF LOVE

She may have switched record labels - her previous two releases both appeared on Linn Records - but vocalist Sarah Moule's artistic focus remains firmly tuned into the oeuvre of Landesman and Wallace. Of the 14 tracks tghat make up the album, the majority come from the powerfully distinctgive songwriting duo. And why not, when the results are as rewarding as the date-gone-wrong-angst of 'It's Not Your Night' (There's a singer who's murdering your favourite song/As you sit there and wonder why it all went wrong/You're an island of Chekhov in a Disney song/It's not your night'). Or the truckload of anguish served up by 'The Last Smoker' ('Goodbye to liberty/In the land of the banned').

Of the non-Landesman/Wallace material, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's 'I Fall In Love Too Easily' supples immediate gratification of a musical sweet tooth - Moule sounding spookily like k.d. lang on certain phrases - while 'I Will Write My Book' by US songwriter, producer and performer Joe Henry, receives a spacious, minimalist arrangement à la Larry Klein. Once again, brilliantly arranged and produced by Wallace, who features on piano, Hammond and accordion, leading a band of exceptional depth and experience. this is an album of beguiling variety and telling detail.

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