Neuburg, Amy X – “Residue ” – [Other Minds, Inc.]

Modern musical sensibility collides with unorthodox Judaism in this epic battle between woman and herself from which she emerges bloody but unscathed. Although she has recorded before, this is effectively Amy’s debut, and she does almost everything – all the writing, performance, and recording plus the bulk of the production. Each of these skills has its moments to shine, and she proves herself talented at all of them. Solid, original, deep, creative, with excellent variety – pick tracks at random, ‘cuz there’s not a bad one on here. Levels are even on all tracks, although some tracks start soft (especially #6 – don’t adjust or you’ll clip badly).

3WR: vibrant self dialogues

-LouN