Layla Zoe – The World Could Change (2022) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Layla Zoe - The World Could Change (2022) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

It’s been nine years since Layla Zoe and Henrik Freischlader last collaborated on an album together, the result being arguably Layla’s best to date ‘The Lily’. The intervening years have seen Layla with her own band deliver the excellent double disc ‘Gemini’ and 2020’s ‘Nowhere left to go’ which, despite its patchwork band born out of Covid regulations at the time, was by no means a disappointment (see my review on this site). Certainly, the current world situation has created plenty of fuel for creative songwriters, which Layla most certainly is. It’s certainly significant that the last release by Layla was not a music CD but a book of poetry. Given that Layla pours her heart out in every song I was disappointed not to find a foreword in said poetry book – events to hang the words on, so to speak. The same goes for this new CD. The intimacy of the lyrics suggests nothing is pure imagination, everything is experience. Why else call a song ‘Jasmine’? and have a lyric “I’ll care for you tonight, little black and white pearl”. The devil, as they say, is in the detail. And in Layla’s lyrics here, there is always so much tantalizing detail.As always with Cable Car releases, the disc is beautifully presented, with an eye-catching black and white ink illustration by Caroline Sandmayer who also designed Henrik’s own ‘Missing Pieces’ cover. The very first two tracks illustrate the breadth of emotions on the disc overall. Track one, ‘Dark Heart’ is indeed a dark tale of life at its lowest ebb, yet track two, ‘Honey pie’ is the opposite – a “child of love and light” who, it transpires, plays xylophone. Again there’s that little hint of detail that this is perhaps from real life, and therein lies for me the strength of Layla’s lyricism. How deep do you want to go as listener?

Tracklist:

1-1. Layla Zoe – Dark Heart (05:18)
1-2. Layla Zoe – Honey Pie (07:01)
1-3. Layla Zoe – Praying Kind (05:20)
1-4. Layla Zoe – The World Could Change (05:57)
1-5. Layla Zoe – The Man Behind the Curtain (07:06)
1-6. Layla Zoe – Brother (07:14)
1-7. Layla Zoe – Watch What You’re Doing (04:39)
1-8. Layla Zoe – The Truth Song (06:41)
1-9. Layla Zoe – Baby Bird (08:09)
1-10. Layla Zoe – Jasmine (05:02)
1-11. Layla Zoe – We’re All the Same (06:55)
1-12. Layla Zoe – Shine Brightly (02:17)

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