'The Pink & The Lily' is Sandi's 2nd studio album, her first charted at #1 in the UK, she became famous after playing to thousands in her basement, through MySpace. She was/is the original MySpace artist to make it big. I remember buying her debut 'Smile It Confuses People...' and frankly I was disappointed, I even hated the first track and her hit single 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker'. But the reason I brought that album was due to 'What If I'm Right', I still love that song today! But I was still disappointed in the album as a whole.
However a few weeks ago Sandi released the music video for the lead single from this new album, 'The Devil's Beat'. As soon as I heard it I liked it, it's just one of those songs, I got it straight away. And it's the same with the album, it is very good. Sure not all the songs are amazing, but they're all good. I would say the genre is pop/rock with folk influences. It's probably the folk that puts people off listening to Sandi but she isn't really folk. It's more like modern folk music, that people who love folk probably wouldn't like.
My favourite track is still 'The Devil's Beat' so if you don't like that, chances are you won't like this album, but that said there are certainly other stand-out moments. 'Beatbox' for instance is a nice little ballad-esque song with a very nice use of folk instruments. 'I'm A Human Being' is probably my 2nd favourite track though, Sandi basically sings about how many people there are in the world, but how we are all beautiful, it's quite an upbeat feel good song, definitely worth a buy, even if you don't buy the whole album.
I do recommend that you buy this album, I think it shows how much Sandi has grown since her debut, it's just a shame this album seems to be going unnoticed, it's expected to chart at #21 this Sunday, very disappointing compare to her debut. If you like pop/rock artists like Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne etc, this should be quite a good listen for you, it's just like them but with a folk twist.
I give this album 4/5, make sure you buy it now! It was released Monday (UK)
What do you think of 'The Pink & The Lily'/Sandi Thom?
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