Little Beast

« Almost a Swedish one woman band, Christine Owman produced and plays cello, ukulele, guitar, bass, violin, percussion, piano, melodica, glocken- spiel and saw on this intriguing album. She uses these instruments to create a shifting, spectral backdrop to her often multitracked vocals which are similar to that of Julee Cruise as arranged by Angelo Badalmenti although she doesn’t have the hushed essence of innocence invoked by Cruise. While some of the songs embrace the timbrous effect of the ce...