Monday 25 June 2012

the sweptaways - let my shoes lead me forward

this one came to awhile back when i was going through the hybris label website for a reason i don't remember. probably to check out information on one of their artists and i believe either jonathan johansson or el perro del mar fits what i might have been listening to.

they had a part of the website that handed out free audio of some of their catalogue and including this one. i knew of jenny wilson's original as i really loved that song and it's still one of the best songs ever. i hadn't heard of the sweptaways but quickly found out that they are a choir consisting of thirty women singing pop songs in choir arrangement.

initially it was done in acapella but on their second album they used some instruments and also some guesting soloists. but this was from their first release and all melodies, sounds and harmonies are done by women themselves. it's not really that different from most acapella renditions but i really loved how they did the synth melody and it made me a fan.

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