Sorting through the liner notes of
Nina Nastasias latest album,
You Follow Me (
FatCat), one could be forgiven for any underwhelming expectations that crop up before giving the album a listen. There will obviously be Ninas smoke gorgeous voice, and her brittle and cracked like clay acoustic guitar. But she backs herself by
Jim White; a lone drummer who hits the skins for Cat Power, Will Oldham, Nick Cave, and the eerie agriculturalist trio, the Dirty Three. This kind of skimpy collaboration has spelled pay dirt for bands that draw a little more juice through their chords. But perhaps this effort might be a little too stripped down to the creaky old skeleton. Rest assured, however. Nastasia and White provide ample reason to question any pretenses that might exist the moment the album begins.
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