I like when we can expand our scope past the 617 area code into different area codes and – gasp – different states. The Christa Renee Band hails from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and all points in between. They bring their trans-New England sound to McGann’s tomorrow night, so you might want to see to it that you are also there. So you can hear them.
Christa Renee Band – “Slave”
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This song’s slinky, sneaky nature sort of slithers through your stereo speakers and directly into your ears. Maybe it’s the all-natural insistence of the reggae-licious upbeats. Or are those offbeats? Whatever they are, they count of the “ands” instead of the numbers like a champion, and they keep “Slave” sneaking down the hallways and around the corners.
Both percussive instrument sounds and nonpercussive ones keep up the sneaky sensations, from the quick swipes on the guitar to the “sneak-sneak-sneak-peeeeeek-peeeeeek” line on the old tonewheel orgran. The organ’s short, quick bursts of upper harmonic brightness give “Slave” quick flashes of juice, which burst out and then immediately settle back for another shift count of four (complete with the aforementioned sets of “and”).
A furtive vocal sidles up to us, almost a little too close so that she is singing almost directly in our ear. This vocal isn’t overpowering; rather it sneaks up on us under some cloak of invisibility and it like “Oh hey, here I am!” all of a sudden. Christa Renee’s smooth vocal delivery matches in perfectly with the sleek silk of the song’s arrangement. The vocal adds a bit of echoey warmth to the mix, making us realize that maybe it’s not sneaking up on us – it just wants us to sneak along with it.
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