May 11, 2006 | Posted by David B. at 10:34 AM

Lilacs all aglow

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Jolie Holland has officially released the best-named record of 2006: Springtime Can Kill You. It's true, too; in the past few weeks I've suffered from massive overstimulation resulting from the miraculous above-50 temperatures in Minnesota. My body's all screwy-like.

Jolie Holland's voice could probably cure disease if scientists figured out a way to properly bottle it. It's not a Neko Case-like "holy hell, what's that?!" kind of voice, it's more subtle and ... well, for lack of a better word, soothing.
And I keep putting this song on repeat this morning, because it's doing me a world of good:

Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You.

The Anti Records website (where this track was originally posted) calls Holland's record "a 12 track song-cycle—a crossroads where haunting meets joyful—a voice from the heavens singing stories of the underworld." Uh, sure. I haven't heard it, I've only heard the title track, but I'm willing to believe it.

She's got a couple other (great) records under her belt - Catalpa, Escondida, and a couple as part of the group The Be-Good Tanyas.

You can buy Springtime Can Kill You from Amazon or Insound.

Comments

still devastated she left the tanyas, but this record is pretty good.

Posted by: + at May 12, 2006 7:58 PM

Her voice on this song reminds me of Cat Power.

Posted by: Michael Zeltner at May 13, 2006 11:21 AM

I was gonna say Cat Power meets Billie Holiday

Posted by: Tay at May 16, 2006 11:53 AM
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