dani siciliano - think twice

chances are that most may have heard of dani siciliano through her many collaborations with her husband matthew herbert or her twisted jazz cover of nirvana's "come as you are". for me that is a positive on both and i really like her productions and vocal style. her voice also reminds me off roisín murphy which is a big plus on any level.

this track comes from her second album, which unlike her first solo album wasn't a full collaboration with herbert but mere aided. reason i bring up herbert's name is that his type of sounds and aesthetics within the making of the music is shining brightly. however it's not a negative thing and with the rest of her album, i can hear that siciliano may have been influenced but knows how to handle sounds herself and is brilliant at it.

i've read an piece that pitchfork did about siciliano and georgia ann muldrow about their respective albums and such. one of the sources was from the official album interview done by the record label studio !k7. she explained the concept of album title "slappers" which is a negative term for women but she wanted to turn it around.

sicilano said in the video that "yes it's about women. no, it's not a feminist album" and much like pitchforks remarks, i don't believe the latter statement for a single bit. the albums lyrical content is dripping of strong feminist ideas even though it's played very subtle and i love it. the fact that she is doing mostly herself is also a subtle but powerful statement but i think she doesn't want to play up the idea but instead, those in the now will understand and the rest won't probably listen to it.

not because of it's lyrical ideas or such but the fact that the music that dani siciliano or herbert, of the accidental records roster for that matter isn't that accessible. even though i would say that it's really easy to get into considering the off-putting sounds coming from other directions that is eaten up by a mainstream crowd.

that being said, let's talk about "think twice" then. this song is one of my favourites the album but i could really pick any track from it and go on and on about it. "think twice" grabs you with a damn catchy and funky bassline and i would say that this bears a slight influence from p-funk and the likes. even though the drums are more of a combination of swing and rock and roll the bent keyboard sounds and the bootsy collins like bass is funk.

as per usual with siciliano and herbert, you get a whole array of sounds into the spectrum. everything for small jittery parts to swirling melodic glimmerings and some that will cut through with their presence, even when it gets really busy at times. being that the lyrical topic at hand is about thoughts within a relationship, there is a great level of subtle anger and frustration in her singing. i quite like how she manages to convey the message of "we could have been something, but you really fucked it up" in a great way.

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