JO BETH YOUNG – SINGLE REVIEW


Jo Beth Young – Allumez (Wise Queen
Records)

Release Date: Out Now

The enigmatic Jo Beth Young is back having ditched her Rise and Talitha Rise passports in the bin at Folkestone docks to assume her original moniker for the release of her new single. ‘Allumez’ opens with the kind of atmospheric melodies that come with the emergence of a new, extra-terrestrial visitor from some kind of cocoon. Young’s vocal is distinctly unique in its power and blend of folk meets country with a very modern edge that skirts close to the likes of Stevie Nicks and Kate Bush. When the drums join in with a laconic, Ringo Starr style the song takes on a spaced out Haight Ashbury vibe and if you don’t let yourself get swept away by this one then you’re holding on too tight.


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