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Gift for the End, Mariee Sioux s new album, draws its benevolent psychedelia on the native folk roots: a canyon crisscrossed by paths leading Joni Mitchell s, Neil Young s and Bonnie Prince Billy s souls into a deep world music, mystical and ancestral, either from America or from elsewhere. Since the release in France of her debut album Faces in the Rocks, the young californian girl from Nevada City toured a lot - about sixty shows in France, with Alela Diane or Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), in the USA and in UK -, she also participated in tribute albums to The Cure (Perfect as Cat, released on Manimal Vinyl Records) and to Graham Nash (Be Yourself on Grass Roots Records/Coop) and recorded several tracks in duo with Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) to be released this year. Gift for the End was recorded between April 2010 and August 2011 in Placerville s Moonsoon Studios and in the Nevada City s Sun Dial studios. Mariee Sioux added intricate melodies to her traditional guitar picking, combining the most classical and the less conventional instruments, allowing herself a wider personal and emotional exploration. As compared to Faces in the Rocks s consistency and uniformity, Gift for the End offers a large variety of sounds, universes and themes, the one about native Americans, as symbolized by traditional flutes, being more discreet
When I listen to this music I feel all once a great sense of peacefulness and feral ruggedness. Not a paradox really, it's just that this music is hypnotic and you experience a great many emotions as you move through the tracks. It seems she really is in touch with the earth, its rhythms, and her native roots. And it's not campy or a parody-- it's just the right blend of heart and head. I listen to it while I work and it really helps me stay focused.I highly recommend this album.On a side note: I've found that this music is often categorized along with Joanna Newsom (the two ladies tour together occasionally), but they are so completely different that I believe the only similarity they share is their label of "indie." The two cannot be compared.
