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Springtime Can Kill You
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0045778678822
Label: Anti
Manufacturer: Anti
MPN: 86788
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Anti
Release Date: May 09, 2006
Studio: Anti
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Editorial Review:
The test of an artist's true bearing is often found in their second album, the notion being that there's been a lifetime leading up to the debut, and then just a year or two for its successor. Jolie Holland has risen to the occasion with aplomb. Writing specifically for this release as well as for a band for the first time, there's a resonant bearing to the set as a whole. A dreamy quality pervades the set. As the instrumentation subtly varies from track to track, it further underscores the changing settings of a mind running wild while the body sleeps. Holland also addresses the idea overtly on the song "Nothing Left to Do But Dream." The gentle narrative offers surprises, such as the jarring, "I took my sister to the river and I came back alone." Small combo arrangements throughout serve to empower the lyrics--cliché-free and full of emotional breadth. --David Greenberger
This 12-track song-cycle is a crossroads where haunting meets joyful; a voice from the heavens singing stories of the underworld. Holland's songs rise and fall like heavy eyelids and convey the peace between asleep and awake, creating a special place for you to be. Sounds from past and present-tense waltz together to a never ending melody that flickers between folk, jazz, blues, and pop. Holland's lyrics conjure characters and situations one might find in the surrealistic celluloid of Jim Jarmusch. As with all good dreams, there is an anything-goes spirit leading the way. Its this level of bravado that prompted All Music Guide to describe Holland's sound as "a listening experience that is singular, startling, and soulful.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - It won't kill you, but it's no Catalpa or Escondida
I picked this up shortly after it came out and was initially so unhappy with it I decided to wait, avoid it for a while and then come back to it. It turns out that was the way to go for me because this did indeed grow on me, though it will never cozy up to Catalpa or Escondida.
There are 2 things that initially (and still do, to some extent) turned me off about this album. The main thing is that for some of this, she seems to have decided to go with the more affected vocal style she ... Read More
Rating: - Uneven and The Same
I love Jolie Holland. But on this album (like on Catalpa) the sound quality and pitch are uneven. It sounds like recordings from various performances, rather than a studio recording. That could be good, if done well ... The songs are too much the same, and many are too much like the Escondida & Catalpa songs. I think she can do much better than this.
Rating: - Delightful!
This is delightful stuff, with Jolie Holland's wonderfully unique voice. My only gripe--and it's a minor one--is that it gets a little repetitive- sounding if played in a single session, most of the tempos and lyrics much alike. But if you like good newfolk in the "Be Good Tanyas" vein, be sure to get this disk.
Rating:  - Bottom of the Bottle
"Springtime Can Kill You" is a somnambulist's dream album. Devoid of energy, it is the perfect set to put you to sleep or for those depressed people finally looking at the bottom of the bottle. Holland is an interesting lyricist. For example on "Stubborn Beast" she sings, "When the flames rise around us & I can't see the door, this is still my home & it has never burned before." However, the music is slow and the melody is unimaginative. Similarly, "Ghostly Girl" is a pitiful drone ... Read More
Rating: - most unique voice out there in songland
her voice is like a hubcap falling off and rolling --
going 10 miles an hour down a dirt road 70 years ago
in some west texas bohemian samll-town backwoods ghetto --
beautiful and mesmerizing.
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