I've a confession. I remember listening to this particular artist's solo release and wondered to myself, "Oh why did Skye leave Morcheeba to create something like this?" In fact, I asked some of my fellow music lovers to give their opinion and it seems the concensus was - well, the album just wasn't good.
They say time heals all wounds. Taking it a step further, not only does it heals wounds, but it also changes the heart. After listening to a couple of songs in whole here on Auralgasms, I have grown to love the album. I found myself actually liking the very songs that I condemned months ago. With that said, I believe sometimes as music fans, we must grow musically in our appreciation of our beloved artists' developmental stages. That is not to say we must blindly accept any and everything our respective favorite musicians decides to promote. Honestly, some of their experimentations just don't work. However, there are incidents where an musician/artist may musically development in a direction that is opposite what we are accustomed to expecting. More often than not (such as my case) we don't appreciate the beauty of their new creation. In those cases it is us as listeners whom fail the music we hold dear because the artist has fulfilled his/her creative and entertaining obligation.
So, in a nutshell I am saying two things. On a smaller level, I really love Skye's solo release because it is a really refreshing album if one can get past the fact she used to sing for Morcheeba. People having never been exposed to Morcheeba probably won't have the mental hurdle I had.
On a larger note, I hope that we as aural listeners will be open minded enough to embrace new releases that may not coincide with our immediate musical taste. Because it would be a shame to re-visit something years later and then say, "oh wow this was really good, what was I thinking".
OPEN THOSE MINDS!!!..lol..
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