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Jihae - My Heart Is An Elephant
- An electronica feel with some abstract rhythms interspersed describes Jihae’s My Heart Is An Elephant. Each song has lyrics that are filled with clandestine meanings, masked behind carefully crafted metaphors that conceal the true core of the song. Many of the tracks have a calm, cogitative flow, but others are downright eerie, but if you like a puzzle this album will satisfy your compulsion.
The album opens with a child’s voice talking about inventing a time machine. How all her friends think she is nuts for wanting to build one. She goes into her reasons for and against it and it’s a short snippet but it could make listeners wonder the direction in which the rest of the album will take.
The second track begins with birds tweeting and then segues into electronic sounds. Then guitar enters the track as Jihae whispers as if she has just awoken from a peaceful nap and is recounting her dream, with lyrics like, “In the morning, in the morning, in the morning, I woke up to the sound…and we’re running away.”
The third track has very low guitar strumming along with fleeting percussion and is a song one could meditate to, with soothing lyrics like, “You will wait, you will wait, you will hear a hum. You will go you will go through half open doors, trace one by one…down the corridors…there’s a lampshade smiles at dusk.” The lyrics have an overt double entendre but the melody is so hypnotic that it grabs hold of you and refuses to let go.
The fourth track has futuristic tone to it with synthesizer work and percussion accompanying it. It could easily be a song heard in your local electronic-funk club and its confusing melody coincides with odd lyrics about an association with an atmospheric phenomenon, with lines like, “I fell in love, I fell in love, I fell in love with a tornado, and he loves me…he blows me kisses and he misses cuz I’m ridin that cyclone away.” Electric guitar chimes in, giving the song an even eerier feeling. Is Jihae talking about a tumultuous relationship or is she communicating the depth of her feelings toward her partner? It’s mystery only the listener can solve.
Jihae’s My Heart Is An Elephant has mesmerizing tracks that are perfect to sit in Lotus position to while practicing your daily Yoga or to listen to while you try to fall asleep after a rough day. The album is also one you can ponder over for hours, maybe even days after you have finished listening to it.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Reviewer's Rating: 8.5
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Added: 11-Mar-2007
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