This album’s scene-setting opening title track features an old-worldly intro, which would make a fitting soundtrack for a Shakespearean court dance and also complements the ye olde cover art.
After acknowledging she’s “thankful” for “the gift of expression”, Leah Senior defines her creative practice as “a labour of love”: “And I get put out by the music business/ But I’m grateful to the people that come along and listen/ I’m getting older and I’ll never stop/ In fact I’m more dedicated though I keep working my day job…” – you can tell she poured her entire heart into The Music That I Make and the winsome clarity of Leah’s vocals evoke Eva Cassidy.
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Channelling a cowboy’s “I don’t give a fuck” ‘tude, Pony (a palomino, obvs) – which Leah composed after finding herself “stranded in the country for a while without a car” – feels carefree and spacious, with airy BVs supplied by her sister, Andi. The instrumental Downpour incorporates the pitter-patter of rain and atmospheric bell chimes.
Sweeping piano melodies, pensive fingerpicking, waltz rhythms, contemplative lyrical content (eg. “I led you on to thinkin’ I was sweet/ ‘Cause I sing so high and clean/ But I’m selfish as a cat and I’m hungry as the sea…”) – listeners are transported to Leah’s “sand house by the sea” in Anglesea throughout her fourth record until the closing Room offers a glimpse inside her creative space “out back amongst the trees”.
LABEL: POISON CITY RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW
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