"Get Well Soon" can be a casual sentence we dash off on a greeting
card or the heartfelt words we say to a friend or loved one we
desperately want to get better. Nowhere, in recent musical memory, have I
heard it sung with such devastating sincerity and pain as here on this
gorgeous album by Sarabeth Tucek.
There are so many pretty songs to like whether they're "The Wound and The Bow" or "The Doctor" or the title track. And there's also a lot of depth and quiet pain. "Wooden" is a stunner, but then most everything on here is. "Exit Ghost," like "Wooden," has a harder guitar edge to it. Both of these are about as close to hard rock as the album comes.
The two tracks that are absolute Kryptonite to any steely heart are "At The Bar" and "Get Well Soon." The former has a catchy little beat that rolls out like the beginning a harmless journey into a bar for a quick drink, but soon turns into a night with the kind of meditations that only break your heart. "Get Well Soon" is, quite simply, going to make you cry, unless you're as cold as ice. Not only is it an autobiographical account of the singer facing the aftermath of her father's death, it's a mini-guide to being there for someone who really needs us when they're not well.
Besides being a wonderful singer in her own right, Sarabeth Tucek sounds so much like Karen Carpenter it kind of scared me the first time I heard her voice, mostly because you don't hear too many vocalists who resemble the late singer's so well, not even British success story Rumer.
I'll admit I went into this album liking it because Sarabeth Tucek reminded me so much of Karen Carpenter, but I left "Get Well Soon," realizing it's about so much more than someone sounding like someone else. It's something that nestles nicely in your heart and mind and won't go away anytime soon!
There are so many pretty songs to like whether they're "The Wound and The Bow" or "The Doctor" or the title track. And there's also a lot of depth and quiet pain. "Wooden" is a stunner, but then most everything on here is. "Exit Ghost," like "Wooden," has a harder guitar edge to it. Both of these are about as close to hard rock as the album comes.
The two tracks that are absolute Kryptonite to any steely heart are "At The Bar" and "Get Well Soon." The former has a catchy little beat that rolls out like the beginning a harmless journey into a bar for a quick drink, but soon turns into a night with the kind of meditations that only break your heart. "Get Well Soon" is, quite simply, going to make you cry, unless you're as cold as ice. Not only is it an autobiographical account of the singer facing the aftermath of her father's death, it's a mini-guide to being there for someone who really needs us when they're not well.
Besides being a wonderful singer in her own right, Sarabeth Tucek sounds so much like Karen Carpenter it kind of scared me the first time I heard her voice, mostly because you don't hear too many vocalists who resemble the late singer's so well, not even British success story Rumer.
I'll admit I went into this album liking it because Sarabeth Tucek reminded me so much of Karen Carpenter, but I left "Get Well Soon," realizing it's about so much more than someone sounding like someone else. It's something that nestles nicely in your heart and mind and won't go away anytime soon!
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